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LL/93374
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797)
The Corinthian Maid
1782-1784
Oil on canvas
106.3 x 130.8 cm (41 7/8 x 51 1/2 in.) (overall)
 
National Gallery of Art
Paul Mellon Collection, 1983.1.46
 
LL/93374

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LL/55571
Georg Melchoir Kraus (1737-1806)
Goethe, seine Silhouette betrachtend
1775
Oil painting
 
Goethe-Museum
 
LL/55571 [Further details available]

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LL/70938
Unidentified artist
Professor Charles' Experiment
1874 (ca)
Book illustration
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/70938 [Further details available]

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LL/55567
Silouette Picture from Old Print
1920
Book illustration
 
Internet Archive
 
LL/55567 [Further details available]

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LL/74675
Unidentified artist (French)
Expérience de Charles, Silhouettes sur papier au sel d'argent
1874 (ca)
Wood engraving
8 x 12.8 cm (image) 16 x 20.8 cm (mount)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, 1972.0079.0089
 
LL/74675

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LL/16993
Unidentified artist
Silhouettes of husband and wife, with eight children, said to represent the Von Baer family
Late 18th century
Glass
18 1/2 x 13 1/8 in (47 x 33.3 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938, Accession Number: 38.145.33
 
LL/16993

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LL/117437
Unidentified artist
Silhouette of George Pheney Lovick, Lenoir County NC
1757 (ca)
Paper mounted to black felt
 
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 1941.1.2
 
LL/117437 [Further details available]

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LL/84793
Auguste Edouart (1788-1861)
George Washington Whistler and Lady Whistler Haden
1842
Silhouette, ink, chalk and cut paper on paper
 
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
 
LL/84793

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LL/84794
Auguste Edouart (1788-1861)
Thomas Sully
1843
Silhouette, ink, chalk and cut paper on paper
 
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
 
LL/84794

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LL/16992
William Henry Brown (American, Charleston, 1808–1883)
Silhouette Portrait of John Marshall
1844
Lithograph, with tint stone
13 1/2 x 9 15/16 in (34.3 x 25.3 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924, Accession Number: 24.90.588
 
LL/16992 [Further details available]

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LL/63001
Frederick Frith (English artist, 1819-1871)
Silhouette portrait of a standing woman
1848
8 x 12 ins (approx., in rosewood frame)
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/63001

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LL/64134
Unknown artist
Monsieur Colas age 18 in 1841
1841, 3 September
Silhouette, framed
3 1/2 x 4 ins (image) 6 x 7 ins (frame)
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/64134 [Further details available]

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LL/42464
Unknown artist
Silhouette of child
1810 (ca)
Silhouette
 
National Science and Media Museum
Ref Number: 1990-5036/6974
 
LL/42464

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LL/42462
Unknown artist
Silhouette portrait of an aristocrat
18th century
Silhouette, with the aid of Physionotrace
15.5 x 9.6 cm (frame) 6.8 x 5.7 cm (image)
 
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 79.3352.1
 
LL/42462

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LL/62783
Gilbert
Silhouette portrait of an "English Gentleman"
1825
Silhouette
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/62783 [Further details available]

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LL/62768
William Chamberlin
Daniel Barrett Jr. (born 1807)
1835
Silhouette
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/62768

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LL/83606
Unidentified artist
Silhouette of a lady
n.d.
Silhouette
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/83606

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LL/62855
Unidentified artist
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Silhouette
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/62855

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LL/62853
Unidentified artist
Silhouette portrait of Elizabeth Heywood (?) Murray, Mother of Cecilia Eliz. Murray and Lieut. Wm. Murray
n.d.
Silhouette
 
Private collection of Richard Lee Bland
 
LL/62853

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LL/80455
George Atkinson (Lancashire)
Silhouette of a man with two children
1827
Silhouette
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/80455

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LL/62854
Unidentified artist
Silhouette of three children and their dog who holds a bird
1830s (early)
Silhouette
7 x 10 ins
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/62854

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LL/44269
Unidentified photographer
Silhouette en noir d'un abbé
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes
Collection Henry Koilski (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 8 October 2011, Lot: 24)
 
LL/44269

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LL/16991
After T. P. Jones (American)
[Paper Silhouette Portrait of a Woman]
1840s-1850s
Daguerreotype
8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Gift, 2004, Accession Number: 2004.9
 
LL/16991

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LL/55375
Unidentified photographer
Silhouette of a Man
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/55375

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LL/61189
Unidentified artist
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Orotone, 1/9 plate, cased
 
Private collection of Chiesa-Gosio
 
LL/61189

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LL/67066
Unidentified photographer
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/67066

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LL/112234
Unidentified photographer
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/112234 [Further details available]

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LL/112237
Unidentified photographer
Silhouette
1860 (ca)
Tintype
1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2016.267
 
LL/112237

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LL/69423
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified artist
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/69423 [Further details available]

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LL/112233
R. F. Kelly & Bro. (303 Broadway, New York, a publisher)
"The Grecian Bend" [Album filler]
1868
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/112233 [Further details available]

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LL/112272
J.N. Rumsdill (Ballston Spa, N.Y.)
A cut-paper silhouette
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
 
LL/112272

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LL/112450
J. Kirk (Newark, N.J.)
A silhouette of a standing man
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/112450

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LL/61305
S.J. Thompson & Co. (478 Broadway, Albany, N.Y.)
Silhouette of man proffering a carte de visite
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Laddy Kite
 
LL/61305

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LL/61408
B.F. Baltzly
Carte de visite with a handwritten message on the reverse saying "Photograph of a silhouette cut in the year 1812"
1880s
Carte de visite
 

 
LL/61408

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LL/62874
Silhouette of an artist cutting out a silhouette
[George Schmidt's Psaligraphic Album]
1863
Album page
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/62874 [Further details available]

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LL/61311
George Schmidt
A silhouette self portrait of George Schmidt cutting a silhouette
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/61311 [Further details available]

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LL/61312
George Schmidt
A silhouette of trees and pheasants
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/61312 [Further details available]

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LL/99835
Todd (Cape May, N.J.)
Silhouette of a woman
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Mathew Smith
 
LL/99835

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LL/80301
Unidentified photographer
Silhouette of a man
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Adrian Elliot
 
LL/80301

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LL/112231
Maurice Farrington
A silhouette of a man
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/112231

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LL/112235
Henry Montague Cooper (Taunton)
Rev. Charles Saunders Skelton Dupuis, Binton Rectory, Warwickshire
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
4 x 6 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2018.818a
 
LL/112235

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LL/112236
Edward Sawyer
Silhouette Portrait
1865 (ca)
Albumen print
2 1/4 x 4 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No.2016.109a
 
LL/112236

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LL/112265
William Notman
Mr. Ives
1868
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process
8.5 x 5.6 cm
 
McCord Stewart Museum
Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., I-33921.1
 
LL/112265

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LL/112267
William Notman
J. H. Monk
1863 (copied)
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process
8.5 x 5.6 cm
 
McCord Stewart Museum
Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., I-9977.1
 
LL/112267

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LL/69743
D. Dudley
Silhouette of Alvin Langdon Coburn
1887 (ca)
Cut-paper silhouette
15.2 x 10.7 cm (6 x 4 3/16 ins)
 
George Eastman Museum
Bequest of Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1967.0099.0070
 
LL/69743

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LL/69744
D. Dudley
Silhouette of Alvin Langdon Coburn
1887 (ca)
Cut-paper silhouette
15.5 × 10.4 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/8 ins) (image)
 
George Eastman Museum
Bequest of Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1967.0099.0071
 
LL/69744

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LL/71922
J. B. Kerfoot (American, active 1900s)
Silhouette of Alfred Stieglitz
1904
Silhouette
4 3/16 × 3 7/16 ins (10.7 × 8.7 cm) (image) 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 ins (23.5 x 17.1 cm) (sheet)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
From the Collection of Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-83-75
 
LL/71922 [Further details available]

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LL/104618
Auguste Edouart
The Magic Lantern
1835 (ca)
Cut paper and wash
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938, Accession Number: 38.145.392
 
LL/104618 [Further details available]

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LL/61438
Unidentified photographer
A cell in the Heidelberg Jail [Heidelberger Carcer]
1880s (ca)
Albumen print
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 ins (image)
 
Private collection of Jules Martino
 
LL/61438 [Further details available]

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LL/78579
Robert Häusser
Studentenkarzer, Heidelberg
1970s
Gelatin silver print
17.5 x 34.5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction 110, 19th - 21st Century Photography, 6 December 2017, Lot: 4177
 
LL/78579 [Further details available]

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LL/113302
Unidentified photographer
The Studentenkarzer, the student prison in the University of Heidelberg
1920s
Postcard
 
Private collection of John Quin
 
LL/113302 [Further details available]

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LL/84795
Unidentified artist / maker
Rev. Absalom Jones of the Affrican Church Philada.
1808 (ca)
Liverpool ware jug
 
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
 
LL/84795

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LL/65181
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a mother and daughter with the mother holding a silhouette
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/65181

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LL/119641
Unidentified photographer
A silhouette of a juggler
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/119641

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LL/119642
Unidentified photographer
A silhouette of a juggler
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/119642

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LL/112230
Unidentified artist
Paper silhouettes of Loretta Ayeroff made at The Farmer's Market, Los Angeles
1950s
Cut-paper silhouette
 
Private collection of Loretta Ayeroff
 
LL/112230

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LL/121592
Unidentified photographer
[A silhouette with dark intent]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
3.5 x 2.5 in.
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/121592

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LL/112232
Beverly Wilgus
A collection of silhouette and physionotrace examples, Wilgus Collection, Texas
2021
Colour photograph
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/112232

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LL/121098
Broadbent & Phillips
Backmark for "Broadbent & Phillips, Photographers, 1206 Chestnut St., Philadelphia"
1870 (handwritten)
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Jeff Ward - The Early Light Project
 
LL/121098

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