Appearance and art form where only the outline of something is visible
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![Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0003406/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Edward Jenner. Aquatint silhouette by J. Miers [?], 1801.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0003084ER/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)
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Works about this type/technique66 works
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Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
Date: 1824Reference: 35100i
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Witches: five silhouetted figures. Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.
Townshend, Barbara AnneDate: Sept. 1, 1815Reference: 586056i
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John Coakley Lettsom. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.
Date: 1801Reference: 5554i
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Robert Liston. Printed silhouette.
Reference: 5882i
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Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].
Johann Heinrich LipsReference: 5298i
4 works
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The history of silhouettes / by E. Nevill Jackson.
Jackson, Emily, 1861-Date: 1911- Books
One hundred silhouette portraits : selected from the collection of Francis Wellesley / with a preface by Weymer Mills.
Wellesley, Francis.Date: 1912
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Silhouette portrait of Gordon Holmes and miscelleanous other portraits.
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An old woman telling fortunes from cards for four ladies in a drawing room. Coloured etching by by Joseph Stöber after Matthäus Loder.
Matthäus LoderDate: [1818]Reference: 47024i