[MIERS & FIELD.] Mr. W[illia]m. Vick. Shady Spring. Jamaica.

JAMAICAN PLANTER S PROFILE PAINTED IN SILHOUETTE - Miers & Field, 111. Strand, London. [c.1830.] Silhouette painted on plaster, some areas of detail heightened in yellow, in original black lacquered wooden frame (12.5 x 15cm) with oval brass surround & brass suspension loop at head, verso with paper label of Miers & Field (some losses to engraved text of label along oval border of plaster backing), further paper label with manuscr ipt note identifying sitter as Mr. W[illia]m. Vick. Shady Spr ing. Jamaica , light wear to extremities, very good. A rare example of an early nineteenth century silhouette depicting the profile of a resident of Jamaica. Dating to c.1830, a manuscript label pasted to the verso identifies the sitter as Mr. William Vick , associated with the Jamaican sugar plantation Shady Spring in St. Thomas in the East. The engraved label pasted to the verso identifies the silhouette as the work of the prominent firm of: Miers & Field, 111. Strand, London. (Opposite Exeter Change.) Profile painters, jewellers, seal engravers, and manufacturers of every description of miniature frames . Continue to execute their long approved profile likenesses in a superior style of elegance and with that unequalled degree of accuracy as to retain the most animated resemblance and character .…