ENGLISH PROFILIST

ENGLISH PROFILIST, MID 19TH C SILHOUETTE OF WILLIAM HARDY KNEALE AND HIS AUNT ISABELLA HARDY OF THE ISLE OF MAN both full length, cut paper and gilt on card, 25.5 x 19cm, inscribed on an early handwritten label on the backboard William Hardy Kneale born June 29th 1849 and his aunt Isabella Hardy who died 1853 and was burned in the Bride Church Yard, rosewood frameWilliam Hardy Kneale (1849-1931) writing in 1930 had a perfect recollection of mid 19th century life on the island, publishing an extensive account of the times in the Ramsey Courier.