[Découpage with silhouettes of the Duke of Grafton, the Duchess of Grafton, and Voltaire] [art original].

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Title: [Découpage with silhouettes of the Duke of Grafton, the Duchess of Grafton, and Voltaire] [art original].
Creator: Huber, Jean, 1721-1786, artist
Published / Created: [1761 or 1762]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Four pages mounted together with two pages (left and right) of silhouettes in three rows cut from white cardboard and mounted on a single sheet of black. The second sheet from the right includes a silhouette in profileAt the top of the sheet, the Duke of Grafton; in the middle the Duchess of Grafton; at the bottom, Voltaire
Description: Jean Huber (1721-1786), Swiss silhouette artist.
The silhouette of the Duchess of Grafton with a child in a cradle to her left, annotated in Horace Walpole's hand: "Anne Duchess of Grafton cut at Geneva by Monsieur Hubert [sic] 1762".
Possibly the silhouette sent to Walpole 1772 Nov. 15. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, volume 5, pages 439.
Four works matted together: Jean Huber's Découpage with three silhouettes; Lady Catherine Hamilton's, Découpage in the manner of Monsieur Huber; Collage of Walpoliana; Lady Catherine Hamilton's, Découpage with women, children, and dancers.
Provenance: Consult with curator.
Extent: 1 item : sheet 22 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Collages
Silhouettes
Material: collage ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Upper Ossory, Anne Liddell Fitzpatrick, Countess of, d.1804.
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Subjects: Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Portraits
Upper Ossory, Anne Liddell Fitzpatrick, Countess of, d.1804
Voltaire, 1694-1778 > Portraits
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Jean Huber, Découpage with Silhouettes of the Duke of Grafton, Duchess of Grafton, and Voltaire. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.