Two Silhouette Portraits. Two silhouette portraits, cut from dark silk and mounted on an off-white oval background
by HOPETOUN (Earl and Countess of)
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- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1798. The silhouettes are framed in a silver (highly tarnished) bead pattern, with inscriptions on the verso of each: "Countess of Hopetoun/ Given to Jane Collett/ By Mrs. Hudson/ 1798" and "Earl of Hopetoun/ Given to Jane Collett/ by Mrs. Hudson/ 1798." The portrait of the Earl seems to have been damaged below the silhouette at some stage in the past 200+ years, and the silhouettes themselves seem a bit amateur. Likely candidates are James Hope-Johnstone, third earl of Hopetoun and de jure fifth earl of Annandale and Hartfell (17411816) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Carnegie (17501793); or, more probably, John Hope, fourth earl of Hopetoun (17651823), and his first wife, his cousin, Elizabeth (d. 1801)` , fifth and youngest daughter of the Hon. Charles Hope-Vere of Craigiehall, and sister of John Hope (17391785).
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- Bookseller
- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7511
- Title
- Two Silhouette Portraits. Two silhouette portraits, cut from dark silk and mounted on an off-white oval background
- Author
- HOPETOUN (Earl and Countess of)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- 1798
- Keywords
- family history art
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.