Long before the advent of selfies and photo booths Victorian holiday makers visiting piers around the country and would often create a memento of their day by having a ‘likeness’ taken in the form of a silhouette.
These 4 silhouettes are the “modern” 1960s take on the Medium of Portrait Silhouettes . Mr Moorhouse Leach, the artist of these, had been operating as a silhouettist in a kiosk on Llandudno Pier since 1958 and at least until 1966, the date on one of the portraits.
This set of 4 do have some scratches on the convex perspex and one has visible watermarking. A lovely decorative set.
