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The history of silhouettes

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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The book traces the art of black profile portraiture from ancient outline traditions through its rise and decline in modern decorative and social practice, examining cultural contexts and collecting. It explains technical methods—painted silhouettes, shadowgraphy and mechanical aids, and freehand scissor cutting—and considers studio practices, notable practitioners, and published manuals. Additional chapters treat silhouette decoration on porcelain and glass, miniature theatres, scrapbooks, and the work of court and popular cutters. The volume also supplies an alphabetical directory of silhouettists, a bibliography, and numerous illustrations documenting techniques, mounts, and representative specimens.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of a Private in an English Regiment Frontispiece
Facing Page
Silhouette Portraits of the Ansley Family 1
Painted in black and orange-red on convex glass
Silver Wedding Anniversary Picture 16
With portraits and emblems
Captain Robert Conig 32
Of H.M. 90th Regiment of Infantry
Silhouette Portraits of Members of the Ansley Family 48
Painted in black and orange-red on convex glass
Portrait of Lord Mansfield 64
Painted in black and gold on glass
Silhouette Portrait of a Man 80
Painted in black and gold on glass
Silhouette Portrait of a Lady 96
Painted Silhouettes 112
Illustrations in Monochrome I to LXXII

SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS OF THE ANSLEY FAMILY

Painted in black and orange-red on convex glass. Dated 1793. Signed by W. Spornberg, Bath

In the possession of Lady Sackville, Knole