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Title: Can you please date these portraits?
Post by: mimi104 on Saturday 17 July 10 09:08 BST (UK)

Hello,

These are the alleged portraits of Jane Bake and her husband William Hebden. Both were born in the 1760's in Yorkshire, England, and William died in 1802 - so if these portraits date after that time, they would most likely be of William's eldest son (1789-1864) or even his parents, William Hebden (1731-1818) and Judith Grange (1731-1804).

The Hebden family owned maltser and tanner mills in Yorkshire and were quite wealthy landowners at the time.

Any information you could confirm about the dates of these portraits would be most appreciated.

Thanks
Marie

Title: Re: Can you please date these portraits?
Post by: still_looking on Sunday 18 July 10 10:14 BST (UK)

difficult to say, late 1790s to early 1820s

by the appearance of the images the portraits are presumably printed in a book or newspaper article, that might have given you further information

S_L

Title: Re: Can you please date these portraits?
Post by: macintosh on Sunday 18 July 10 19:00 BST (UK)

marie,
I think SL is about right with the time frame, however look at this web site www.peggymacclard.com
and you get a history of the silhouette as an art form.

James

Title: Re: Can you please date these portraits?
Post by: mimi104 on Monday 19 July 10 09:48 BST (UK)

Hi SL and Macintosh,

Thanks so much for your advice, I have since done some research on the sillhouette portraits and agree they sit within the 1790's-1820's, unfortunately that still means it could fit 3 sets of people!

Thanks again,
Marie

Title: Re: Can you please date these portraits?
Post by: still_looking on Monday 19 July 10 12:24 BST (UK)

Hi Marie,

Where did you find the portraits? It looks like they've been scanned/photocopied from a book or a newspaper article.

S_L