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John M Field AUCTION RECORDS
1771 - 1841. Known for: Miniature silhouette painting.
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794, he was... Read full biography
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794, he was responsible for most of the profiles painted at Miers' London studio. In 1830, the Miers and Field... Read full biography
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794, he was responsible for most of the profiles painted at Miers' London studio. In 1830, the Miers and Field partnership was dissolved and Field worked at the same address as his son, also a profile painter, Henry William Field. Field not only produced silhouettes but filled sketchbooks with landscape... Read full biography
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794, he was responsible for most of the profiles painted at Miers' London studio. In 1830, the Miers and Field partnership was dissolved and Field worked at the same address as his son, also a profile painter, Henry William Field. Field not only produced silhouettes but filled sketchbooks with landscape drawings and painted landscapes, some of which were unusually on the same plaster surface on which he painted silhouettes. He exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, both silhouettes and landscapes. (Source: npg.org.uk)
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794, he was responsible for most of the profiles painted at Miers' London studio. In 1830, the Miers and Field partnership was dissolved and Field worked at the same address as his son, also a profile painter, Henry William Field. Field not only produced silhouettes but filled sketchbooks with landscape drawings and painted landscapes, some of which were unusually on the same plaster surface on which he painted silhouettes. He exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, both silhouettes and landscapes. (Source: npg.org.uk)
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait en silhouette du comte Sémen Romanovitch Vorontsov (1744-1832)
John M Field Auction: 04/22/2016Lot: 7Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA pair of silhouettes of William Senhouse (1741-1800) and his wife Elizabeth, née Wood (1755-1834)
John M Field Auction: 11/23/2011Lot: 127Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA pair of bust-length silhouettes portraying John Daniel Hose (1773-1814) and his daughter, Maria Hose: he, wearing coat, frilled chemise, stock and tied cravat; she, wearing dress, fill-in and frilled collar
John M Field Auction: 11/19/2014Lot: 123Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA silhouette of Lord FitzRoy Somerset (1788-1855), the badge of the Order of the Bath about his neck and the Army Gold Cross with five clasps (Peninsular War) pinned to his lapel; oval
John M Field Auction: 05/20/2009Lot: 94Subscribe or get free alerts
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