The history of silhouettes

by Emily Jackson

Silhouette portrait group. In the possession of Mr. Maberly Phillips, F.S.A.

Checkmate.

From the Treatise on Silhouettes, published in 1835.

Silhouettes from Lavater’s Lecture XVII., published in 1794.

XLIX.

Portrait of himself, sketched by Phil May, 1894.

Kennedy, of the Aquarium, sketched by Phil May, 1890.