Miles
Gender:
Unknown
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) c 1800-1805
Known places of work:
Nottingham
Known techniques:
Cut paper
Known materials:
Paper
Frames:
Unknown
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
Very little is known about the profilist Miles, not even their gender. Jackson attributes to them two full-length profiles of naval officers. One has a trade label and the other an advertisement, both bearing the name Miles. The trade label in particular tells us Miles advertised his services in Nottingham. Jackson describes the profiles as cut in black, with details such as the buttons on the uniform highlighted in gold. The advertisement on the back of one of the profiles informs us that Miles used a “patented silhouette machine”. Unfortunately, other information about Miles is scant.
Additional research about Miles:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Miles (McKechnie Section 1)