A superb pair of Scottish silhouettes, formerly in the collection of E.T.C. Brotchie, Director of the Glasgow Art Galleries, depicting an attractive young woman identified as Mary Seaton, and another of a man, possibly her husband, in matching frames. Mary Seaton is done in great detail for a silhouette, with pearl earrings, a white fichu, details of her dress, an elaborate hair arrangement, and a mass of curls on the side of her head. Auguste Edouart is the most famous and celebrated silhouette artist of his time, as well as being a painter in oils. Examples of his work are held in the National Portrait Galleries of England, France, and the United States. The second item may also be by Edouart. It is a hybrid, showing the man in silhouette, but with his face and hair a watercolor portrait. He is wearing a high starched collar, and his hair is in curls, typical of the 1820s. Both pieces are in oval frames, with brass rims, on black rectangular frames. The silhouette of Mary Seaton is far more detailed than most of the Edouart silhouettes that have appeared on the market, and is clearly a work on which the artist lavished extra attention. There is a label attached to the reverse of Mary Seaton's silhouette identifying it as being of Mary Seaton in 1824, by Auguste Edouart, and having been in the collection of E.T.C. Brotchie. There was apparently a similar label on the reverse of the man's portrait, but it is not present, although the clear plastic that once covered it is present. Size: Mary Seaton's silhouette is 5 3/4 by 4 inches. The portrait of the man is 5 by 4 1/4 inches. Provenance: Estate of General Joseph McNarney. Processing and shipping in the Continental United States is $30.00 plus 1.5% replacement cost insurance.