[Method of silhouetting]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801, author
Publication:: London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Women
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: A woman sits in a chair, the right side of which is constructed in such a way as to support a piece of paper or canvas board in an upright position; in the foreground is a lighted candle which projects a silhouette of the woman on the paper.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Essays on physiognomy.; See related catalog record: 2496052R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: etching
NLM Unique ID:: 101435858 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A013132
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101435858

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