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London: Clay & Sons, printers.. FAIR paperback pamphlet. Likely from "History of Silhouettes".. Late 1800s.. Softcover. FAIR wraps. 8.5"X11". 40 Pages. No title page or any other prelim pages, as published. Introductory comments inside cover. . Printed on high acid paper. Paper quite brittle, all edges chipped & torn. Text intact. Sold only for use after copying. Unless great care is taken these leaves will furthur crack & tear. .
Silhouette by Jackson, Mrs. Nevill - 1938
by Jackson, Mrs. Nevill
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Silhouette
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Charles Scribner, 1938. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. Silhouette by Jackson, Mrs. Nevill Charles Scribner's, 1938 lst. EX-Library Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, usual library markings. Cover is clean according to check out paper it was never checked out and withdrawn. Do you love the old fashions Silhouette? Silhouette (profile) portraiture was the popular way to recreate an image of oneself or loved one before the invention and common use of photography in the mid 1800's. During the years of 1500 and 1860, professional and amateur artists would either paint or cut profiles - using paints or scissors. While they fell out of favor with the advent of photography they actually were one of the most popular items at Disneyland when it first opened in the 1950ies. This book gives you the complete history of this art, loaded with appx 3500 B&W and color plates and illustrations, contains dictionary of well know silhouette artists (12,000)1500-1900, notes for collectors, 154 pages + plates. This book is like new condition rating is due to being EX-Library.
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- Date Published 1938
- Keywords SILHOUETTES, SILHOUETTE ART
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Catalogue of 3,800 Named and Dated SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS by AUGUST EDOUART (1789-1861) Silhouettist ........
by Jackson, Mrs F. Nevill 29d2
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Contemporary Silhouette Portraits of George Washington. An original article from The Connoisseur, 1932
by Mrs F. Nevill Jackson
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The Connoisseur, London, 1932. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Category: The Connoisseur; Inventory No: 421361..
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Silhouette Portraits in the Royal Collections. An original article from The Connoisseur, 1932
by Mrs F. Nevill Jackson
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The Connoisseur, London, 1932. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 27 pages, illustrated. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PICTURE OF THIS ITEM TO SHOW YOU MORE DETAILS. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Category: The Connoisseur; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 421393..
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Shadows of a Court: 'Church, King and Constitution', a Georgian Silhouette on Glass by Carl Rosenberg. An original article from The Connoisseur, 1933
by Mrs Nevill Jackson
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The Connoisseur, London, 1933. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 3 pages, illustrated, with one colour plate. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Quarto. Quantity Available: 1. Category: The Connoisseur; Inventory No: 421254..
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Silhouette Notes and Dictionary
by Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson
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South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover. Good. New York, 1938; red boards with gold spine titles; edges and spine discolored; some scuffing and markings to boards; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; no jacket; endpapers stained; scattered foxing throughout interior. 154 pages with 103 plates. Additional shipping charges may be required.
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SILHOUETTE, NOTES AND DICTIONARY
by Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 x 11 in. Red cloth boards. Frontis and plates with tissue guards. Lavish color and B&W illus. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped and worn, covers rubbed and spine a bit sunned. Binding tight and text unmarked. Frontis tissue has an open tear. Antiques. Stax.
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Catalogue of 3,800 Named and Dated American Silhouette Portraits by August Edouart 1789-1961
by Jackson, Mrs. F. Nevill
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Kennington: Wakeham Typ. (Printers), n/d. Softcover. Good. Clean, tight interior, but covers have detached, and back cover has foxing.. Pale green paper wraps with black lettering. 32 pp. with images inside both covers. Catalogue of silhouette portraits by Edouart. They were very popular at one time. A few are pictured: John Tyler, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Franklin Pierce, Millard Filmore, The Foote Family, and The Carry Family. The History of a Great Collection, about Edouart, who was the silhouettist to the Duke of Gloucester and to the Royal Family of France.
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Silhouette; Notes and Dictionary
by Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. Quarto. 103 plates, 10 in color. 154 pages of text. Red cloth. Some sun fading to spine. In mylar cover.
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Catalogue & Supplement: 5,800 Named and Dated Silhouette Portraits by August Edouart 1789-1961
by Jackson, Mrs. F. Nevill
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Bath: Harding & Curtis, n/d. Softcover. VG- (clean, tight interior with no damage but with 4 small tears to covers).. Orange paper wraps with black lettering. 56 pp. with images inside both covers. Catalogue of silhouette portraits by Edouart. They were very popular at one time. A few are pictured: Sir Walter Scott, Scott and his terrier (Spice), Mrs. William Keith, Bella Lucas, a family group, Edouard and his two daughters, J. Liston, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster (all in full figure) and miniature bust portraits on snuff boxes and in frames. Includes a brief essay, The History of a Great Collection, about Edouart, who was the silhouettist to the Duke of Gloucester and to the Royal Family of France.
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Ancestors in Silhouette cut by August Edouart
by Illustrative Notes and Biographical Sketches by Mrs. F. Nevill Jackson
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London and New York: John Lane. Green cloth covers worn and moderately scuffed with some browning, rubbing and small stain to black and white silhouette set into front cover. Front cover and spine detached from text block (still strongly attached at back cover/back of text block). First ten pages detached with some creasing to page edges, two pages have chips and tearing along top edge. Rest of pages still bound into spine/text block - some browning to text pages, silhouette pages only slightly yellowed. Inscribed by author. Binding fair-, covers fair, pages near very good. . Good- (Good). Hardcover. 1921.
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