Can you please date these portraits?

[mimi104]

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

[still_looking]

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

[macintosh]

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

[mimi104]

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

[still_looking]

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