EXCEPTIONAL 19th CENT FULL-LENGTH MILITARY SILHOUETTE Beautifully Embellished, ex-Wright Howes Collection Start Price USD 450.00 Current Price USD 450.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 495.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, May 13, 2008 End Time Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Location North Carolina See more about 'EXCEPTIONAL 19th CENT FULL-LENGTH MILITARY SILHOUETTE' Description hollow_cut Store EXCEPTIONAL 19th CENT FULL-LENGTH MILITARY SILHOUETTE Description:   Superb 19th century antique silhouette portrait of an unidentified  military officer shown in full-length view facing right and extending  his sword with his left hand.  The silhouette is cut and pasted to paper/card with a monochromatic watercolor wash background at the bottom (part of which appears to depict the silhouette’s “shadow”).  Expertly cut and heavily embellished with both bronzing to hair, sword/scabbard, uniform, gloves, braided epaulettes, buttons & belt and a gray-blue coloring of his uniform collar and cuffs.  The detailing is some of the finest I’ve seen and unfortunately the photographs do not show all the detail.   The contrast between the gilding or bronzing and color details is stunning.In excellent condition with slight toning to the background and a few minor errant traces of glue around the silhouette, the viewing area measures ~10½” x 6¼”.   Framed in its period, probably original, birds eye maple veneer frame with gilt inner liner with a total size of ~13” x 9”.   An exceptionally fine early silhouette of a rare military subject with very nice provenance.The wooden backboard retains an old collection label from Wright Howes (of Chicago and Augusta GA).  Wright Howes was a noted antiquarian book dealer of Americana who died in 1978 at the age of 95.  I found a wealth of biographical information on the following website from a paper given to The Chicago Literary Club:  http://www.chilit.org/Papers%20by%20author/Blew%20--%20Howes.HTM.   Mr. Howes completed a well-known reference in 1954 entitled U.S.iana (1650-1950); a Selective Bibliography in Which Are Described 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating to the Continental Portion of the United States.Terms:  Insured domestic shipping will be $15.00.  Prompt payment is appreciated and expected within 5 days (Paypal or cashiers check/money order).  No Personal Checks please as it takes my bank upwards of two weeks to clear.  Please let me know if you will be mailing payment. I will gladly leave positive feedback for you once I know that your purchase has arrived safely.  If you are unhappy in any way, please contact me immediately.  I will accept returns if the item is not as I have described.  Please email with any questions BEFORE bidding.  Returns must be made within 5 days and will be for the bid price only; shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. I ship USPS priority mail or UPS and insurance is always included.  I am an extremely careful packer so rest assured your item will be more than adequately protected in transit.   I am always happy to combine items for shipping, in many cases at no additional cost; please let me know if you are bidding or planning to bid on any other items.Please contact me directly for international shipping options.About Me:  I am neither an expert nor a dealer but will do my best to describe these pieces, all of which are from my own personal collection.  Hopefully the photographs will "tell the story" but feel free to email with any questions.   Thank you!     Place a Bid!