The history of silhouettes

by Emily Jackson

Portrait of a Boy, early nineteenth century.

Napoleon. Shade on skeleton leaf. From The Collector.

Portrait by J. Gapp, of the Chain Pier, Brighton.

In the possession of Mr. C. L. Exby.

Napoleon. Cut from a single piece of black paper by unknown artist.

In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke.

Portrait of Napoleon on lithographed background. Reproduced from Edouart’s Treatise on Silhouettes, published in 1835.

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