Hargraves
Gender:
Presumed male
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) 1813
Known places of work:
Unknown
Known techniques:
Painted on plaster, applying gliding over an Ochre-brown base. Presumed painted plain black profiles
Known materials:
Plaster
Frames:
Oval fruitwood
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
Only one profile by HARGRAVES (N/K) is recorded. The subject is Hannah More (1745-1833), the author of ethical books, tracts and poems. The bust-sized portrait, signed and dated under the truncation 'Hargaves 1813' is unusual, measuring barely 11/2 inches in height. Painted on plaster with ochre-brown body colour and well applied gold highlights the work is housed in a small frame of oval fruitwood and is illustrated in Mckechnie. While current research failed to discover any aspect of Hargrave's history, any profiles which may come to light would likely bear his signature.
REVISED: 15 June 2026 (Brian Wellings)
Additional research about Hargraves:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Hargraves (McKechnie Section 4)