Silhouettes

Painted Silhouettes

A type of silhouette popular in England during the 18th and early 19th centuries was the painted silhouette. Black painted silhouettes, known as profile miniatures, became an inexpensive alternative to the fully painted portrait...

Silhouette Jewelry

Silhouettes were set into all sorts of jewelry: rings, brooches, lockets, bracelets. They were very popular as mourning jewelry...

 

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