Kerry, Richard and William

Gender:
Presumed male
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
 Unknown
Worked:
(fl) Unknown
Known places of work:
Unknown
Known techniques:
Painted on plaster
Known materials:
Paint
Frames:
Pressed brass
Signature:
Not recorded

Introduction:

Named by Jackson in the ‘Dictionary’, little is really known of either of these individuals. Two portraits by ‘Messrs R&W Kerry’ were sold at auction in 1995. These are bust-length profiles of women painted on plaster in dense black pigment, with thinned black used for details and a lighter shade to give ‘depth’. These examples probably date from the 1790s.

Additional research about Richard and William Kerry:

Source: Joll (Hon. Secretary of the Silhouette Collectors Club and Editor of the Club's newsletter)

Kerry, Richard and William (SCC Newsletter March 1996)