Nelson, G.

Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) Early 19th century
Known places of work:
Unknown
Known techniques:
Painted on card/paper
Known materials:
Black pigment
Frames:
Unknown
Signature:
Recorded

Introduction:

Very little is known about Nelson. He was a miniaturist who produced painted silhouettes around the early nineteenth-century. In a rather quirky fashion he signed his silhouettes in the line of shadow below the bust-line, thus giving his signature a three-dimensional effect.

Additional research about G. Nelson:

Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)

Nelson, G. (McKechnie Section 2)