Wiffen, J. H.
Gender:
Unknown
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) Nineteenth century
Known places of work:
London
Known techniques:
Painted on card
Known materials:
Paint
Frames:
Unknown
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
JH Wiffen is known solely from one silhouette recorded by Jackson in the Dictionary, which depicts Frederick James Post of Islington as a boy. It is signed by the artist but the dates recorded by Jackson, ‘born 1819, d. 1855’, could refer either to artist or sitter.
Additional research about J. H. Wiffen:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Wiffen, J. H. (McKechnie Section 2)