John Miers Silhouette Portrait Of A Gentleman Circa.1800

John Miers Silhouette Portrait Of A Gentleman Circa.1800John Miers 1756 1821. British School 18th. Century Early 19th. Century. Silhouette portrait of a Gentleman wearinga lace stock. Painted and bronzed plaster in original frame. 6. 5 by 8 cms. Miers was born in Leeds, where he worked as a painter of profile portraits, known as silhouettes, from 1781. He also travelled to various towns in the north of England and spent time in Edinburgh before settling in London in 1788. Miers was the best known and most

1869-1918 the journalist

his broken swords on the cobbled street

inscribed 'James Sharples Bath' (to backboard)

and at The Haymarket

3 by 16 cms

5 cms each

British School 20th

Signed lower right and to reverse S Gilpin Septr 13 1803

The present drawing is typical of Laporte's pastoral compositions and use of bodycolour

which he espoused

the youngest of seven children

Circa 1960