Manner and Hill
Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
N/A
Date and place of death:
N/A
Worked:
(fl) Presumed mid-19th century
Known places of work:
2 Wardour Street
Known techniques:
Cut paper
Known materials:
Paper
Frames:
Glass and gilt
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
Recorded as a partnership in Jackson’s ‘Dictionary’, on the basis of a trade label offering silhouettes cut with a “Patent Machine”, framed in glass and gilt. An address of 2 Wardour Street London is given, but no dates. Foskett records two artists named Manners, both active in the mid-19th century, but no artist named Hill. No examples of their work are currently known.
Additional research about Manner and Hill:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Manner and Hill (McKechnie Section 1)