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Silhouettes/Shadows

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JK Lavater 1700s 1750-1800 Uses shadows Draws from life Uses a screen Origin of Painting From Garcia Collection

Machine for Drawing Silhouettes

J.K. Lavater

1781

Johann Kaspar Lavater's silhouette device as drawn by Thomas Holloway for Lavater's English translation of Physiognomische Fragmente, zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniss und Menschenliebe.

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