December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A bronze- and ink-painted silhouette on paper, 14 x 11 ¼ in. (view); signed "G. ATKINSON" at lower right, in carved and glazed frame. Prolific, versatile and initially an itinerant profilist, George Atkinson (c.1785-1851) is best known as a Brighton-based artist, working there between 1817-1828. Bronzed profiles such as this fine figure of a mounted light dragoon or hussar generally show considerable skill. Shreve, Crump & Low label attached to reverse, identifying the work to George Atkinson of Windsor, England, silhouette-cutter and "Profilist to His Majesty and the Royal family" in the early nineteenth century. CONDITION: very good, with light toning to the paper.