Lot 343: Thomas Wheeler (British, active circa 1783-1810)

A pair of bust-length silhouettes of a Gentleman and a Lady; the former, in profile to the left, wearing coat, waistcoat, chemise, stock and necktie, powdered long bob wig; the latter, in profile to the right, wearing dress, fichu, her powdered hair worn in a banging chignon beneath a lace mob cap, the fringe concertinaed and dressed with ribbon.
Painted on card, wood frames with hammered brass mounts; the reverse of the latter bearing a modern handwritten label inscribed T. Wheeler. Windsor/ 1794.
Oval, 110mm (4 5/16in) high (2)
Provenance: The Gutteridge Collection; The Martin Willcocks Collection; Phillips, London, 10 November 1998, lot 120.
Literature: S. McKechnie, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860, London, 1978, pp.510-511, nos.970 and 971, respectively.