Charles Willson Peale - Jose Juaquin Carlos Mont[es?]fare
Summary
Silhouette bust portrait of a man, facing right.
Blind stamp on white sheet: Peale.
1972; (DLC/PP-1972:268).
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1800
Contributors
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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