Backing paper

Part of ZBA4848. A printed trade label reading ‘Profiles in Miniature by Mrs Beetham, No. 27, Fleet Street, 1785’. This trade label was originally mounted in a wooden frame (see ZBA4848.2) with a silhouette portrait of a gentleman (see ZBA4848). Isabella Beetham (née Robinson) was a leading producer of silhouettes in late eighteenth-century London. The date ‘1785’ on this label refers to the date at which she moved to No. 27 Fleet Street and does not necessarily indicate the date of the portrait. Beetham used this trade label throughout the late 1780s and early 1790s. The silhouette associated with this label is believed to represent the naval officer George Fowke. For more information, please see ZBA4848. (Updated April 2019.)

Object Details

ID: ZBA4848.1
Type: Backing paper
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Beetham, Isabella
Date made: Isabella Beetham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 1 mm x 69 mm x 81 mm
Parts: Rear Admiral George Fowke 1767-1832 (silhouette)