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Type/Technique

Silhouettes

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  • Thomas Cogan. Aquatint silhouette.
  • Sir William Blizard. Silhouette, 1801.
  • Nathaniel Hulme. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.
  • William Hawes. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.
  • John Coakley Lettsom. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.
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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: 1824 | Reference: 35100i
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    Witches: five silhouetted figures. Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.

    Townshend, Barbara Anne. | Date: Sept. 1, 1815 | Reference: 586056i
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    John Coakley Lettsom. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.

    | Date: 1801 | Reference: 5554i
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    Robert Liston. Printed silhouette.

    | Reference: 5882i
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    Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].

    Lips, Johann Heinrich, 1758-1817. | Reference: 5298i
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