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Die Thiere des Waldes. Reh und Wildschwein
Summary
Illustration shows silhouettes of deer and wild boar being hunted.
Illus. in: Münchener Bilderbogen [Book] 31. München : K. Braun & F. Schneider, [between 1878 and 1879], no. 730.
Cutting portraits, generally in profile, from black card became popular in the mid-18th century, though the term silhouette was seldom used until the early decades of the 19th century, and the tradition has continued under this name into the 21st century.
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Date
01/01/1878
Contributors
Fröhlich, Ernst, 1810-1882, artist
Source
Library of Congress
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