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Silhouettes/Shadows

Shadows: the oldest everyday virtual imaging technology.

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Lavater's Apparatus for Taking Silhouettes

Johann Kaspar Lavater

1881

Silhouettograph

Johann Merken

1782

Machine for Drawing Silhouettes

J.K. Lavater

1781

Silhouettograph

Johann Kaspar Lavater

1775

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