John Miers Silhouette Portrait Of A Young Woman Circa.1800 Textile Design but necessity obliged him to

but necessity obliged him to turn to the more lucrative business of portrait painting

Circa 1795

some surface grubbiness light foxing and repair

John Russell RA 1745-1806

behind the fat woman

John Miers Silhouette Portrait Of A Young Woman Circa.1800 Textile Design but necessity obliged him toJohn Miers 1756 1821 British School 18th. 19th. Century. Silhouette portrait a young woman wearing a bead necklace. Painted and bronzed plaster in original frame. 6. 8 by 8 cms. Miers was born in Leeds, where he worked as a painter of profile portraits, known as silhouettes, from 1781. He also travelled to various towns in the north of England and spent time in Edinburgh before settling in London in 1788. Miers was the best known and most prolific