Coggan, G. B. (McKechnie Section 3)

Known only from the silhouette (c. 1810), shown to me by Mr A. Wyldes, of a woman, in a rectangular pocket case the back of which was marked in tooled gold 'G. B. COGGAN/ARTIST'. It bears some resemblance to the silhouettes of P. H. Rogers (q.v.), and, like them, was painted on glass of extreme convexity. Despite its general similarity to Rogers's work, however, there were some differences. It showed signs of a fingerprinted base (usually absent from Rogers's silhouettes). There was conspicuous dark shading (denser than is typical of Rogers) near the base, at the junction of the arm with the rest of the profile. The piece was backed with wax, whereas I have seen no labelled example of Rogers's work with wax backing.