Silhouette portrait
Category
Art / Silhouettes
Date
circa 1850 - circa 1890
Materials
Paper, wood (walnut) and gilded wood.
Measurements
353 x 303 x 32 mm
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The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
NT 1515107
Summary
Silhouette of John Vessey Machin, in a walnut frame with gilt decoration. Handwritten on back: '? Henry, John Vessey Machin (father of Elizabeth Susanna Becher)
Provenance
Given by Edward Beaumont in 1998 by variation of the will of his uncle, whose wife Mary Veronica (d.1997) was the last of the Bechers of Southwell.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of picture.: John Vessey Machin (father of Elizabeth Susanna Becher). Above this inscription, in a different hand, is written "Henry" though this is difficult to decipher.