Lot 228: AUGUSTIN AMANT CONSTANT FIDELE EDOUART

AUGUSTIN AMANT CONSTANT FIDELE EDOUART 1789-1861 A COLLECTION OF TEN SILHOUETTES A set of ten full-length cut-out silhouettes on a lithographic base, 1831, each signed and dated Augt Edouart fecit 1831 in brown ink, some with the sitter's name verso , occasionally with a lithographic composition on verso, on stiff wove card Quantity: 10 each sheet: circa 280mm by 184mm; 11 by 7¼in

Augustin Edouart was one of the most famous silhouette artists of the nineteenth century. From 1825, he developed the art of silhouette portraits, taking full-length likenesses in profile by cutting out black paper with scissors. His sitters included the exiled French royal family of Charles X, including the Duchesse de Berry, whom he accompanied to Scotland in 1829.

This collection of silhouettes includes the portraits of the royalist supporters of the Duchesse de Berry, including: the Duc de Blacas (1771-1839), Duc de Polignac (1780-1847), Marquis de Barbançois (1760-1822), Marquis de Fabertian (?), Comte Auguste Agard de Maupas (1786-1862), Cardinal Latil (1761-1839), Baron de Damas (1785-1862), Baron de Capelle (1775-1843), Monsieur de Barrande (1799-1883) and Comte de Lamartine (1790-1869),

This work marks an interesting historical moment as well as a popular artistic style much enjoyed in the nineteenth century.