Locke, M. (McKechnie Section 1)

Recorded by Jackson (The History of Silhouettes), who mentions one painted silhouette owned by Mr T. R. Hall. Since this example was dated 1843, it seems probable that it was cut before being painted.

Locke may be the miniature painter of the same name from whom, according to Foskett, Henry Turner Munns (1832-98) is said to have received some lessons c. 1850. This Locke is reputed to have been a travelling miniature painter; he may well have painted a few cut silhouettes also. Foskett suggests that he may have been identical with Frederick Lock, who exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1843-46, and an engraving of whose work is in the British Museum; this was a portrait of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort, published in 1840. Alternatively, Mrs Foskett considers Locke may have been the miniature painter Samuel Robert Lock, who worked in Brighton in 1849 and also in London, where he exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1849-54. Again, the profilist may have been the miniature painter Frederick William Lock (fl. 1845-71), who Foskett considers may be identifiable with Frederick Lock. In Jackson's Dictionary, 'Mr' may have been copied wrongly from

AM,

The silhouette to which Jackson refers was a full- length portrait (9 x 6½ in.) of a woman holding a book, but she gives no detailed description. According to the entry in her Dictionary, it was inscribed, 'LOCKE, M. Fecit 1843'.