|
|
Article: Antiques & Collecting: Lasting images of true friendship; Richard Edmonds studies the art through painting and photography of miniature pictures.
- Article from:
- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 19, 2001
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Richard Edmonds
For hundreds of years people relied upon miniature portraits to catch their likeness. Miniatures were never cheap but these pretty little paintings, often on ivory or bone, indicated one's physical appearance at a certain time in one's life and were given as presents.
Next came the silhouette which was a cheaper substitute where the profile was cut out of black paper or painted in black paint on paper or plaster.
A silhouette artist worked near the Paris guillotine during the French Revolution. Silhouettes of doomed ...