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Silhouette

Scope note

Use for portraits cut from paper and mounted on a contrasting background; also, by extension, images showing no interior detail set against a contrasting background.

This term has 51 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Technique
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300015423

Term used for

silhouettes

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Unknown Young Woman

Maker(s)

Silhouettist: Miers, John

Man with a sword

Maker(s)

Silhouettist: Gahagan, Lucius

Unknown man

Maker(s)

Silhouettist: Miers, John

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Silhouettist: Frith, Frederick

Unknown Man

Maker(s)

Silhouettist: Unknown

Cupid on steps

Maker(s)

Silhouettist: Unknown

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

Johnny Kendall

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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