The history of silhouettes

by Emily Jackson

The famous tragedienne, Mrs. Siddons. Tyrone Power in the character of D. O’Toole, and in ordinary dress. By August Edouart.

VIII.

Portrait of John Field, by himself. Painted on plaster, pencilled with gold, and signed.

Mrs. John Field, wife of the silhouettist. Painted on plaster, pencilled with gold, and signed.

Cut portrait of Mary, Countess of Orford, grandmother of Lady Dorothy Nevill, in whose possession the silhouette now is.

Portrait of Miss Field. Painted on plaster, pencilled with gold, by John Field.

Portrait of Miss Field. Painted on plaster, pencilled with gold, by John Field.

The portraits of the Field family are in the possession of Mr. J. A. Field, great-grandson of the silhouettist.