John Buncombe silhouettes

UK: FEW silhouettes are as desirable as those portraits of military officers produced by John Buncombe, and few of those are as valuable as the example illustrated here, which was the highlight of a residual 17-lot group of silhouettes from the Christie Collection, consigned to Christie’s (15/10 per cent buyer’s premium) South Kensington sale on March 14.

The silhouette depicts Edward Berkeley Portman, an officer of the 56th Foot, the Essex Regiment, wea…

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