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Physionotrace


 
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The mechanized bridge between the silhouette and the photograph. Invented in the 1780s, this device allowed for the rapid and accurate production of engraved profiles, representing a major step toward the industrialization of the human likeness.

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1Improving content on photographic techniques
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2Physionotrace
Contemporary descriptions
3Thomas Jefferson and Charles Willson Peale on Hawkins's physiognotrace (1803)
4Physionotrace machines

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