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... countries ; the shadow picture or silhouette , named in Europe after M. de Silhouette , a French Finance Minister.1 The first portraits in this technique were to be seen in England , the country of portrait painting . From here ...
... countries ; the shadow picture or silhouette , named in Europe after M. de Silhouette , a French Finance Minister.1 The first portraits in this technique were to be seen in England , the country of portrait painting . From here ...
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... countries towards Fox Talbot's methods . So far as the principle of technique was concerned , they stood , so to ... countries was largely a matter of artistic taste among the public . It was more akin to English styles of painting ...
... countries towards Fox Talbot's methods . So far as the principle of technique was concerned , they stood , so to ... countries was largely a matter of artistic taste among the public . It was more akin to English styles of painting ...
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... countries . In contemporary advertisements the names for the various sizes were the same in all languages : Cartes de visite . Cartes ... ( called by the name of the photographer ) . Cabinet portraits . Paris portraits . Panel portraits ...
... countries . In contemporary advertisements the names for the various sizes were the same in all languages : Cartes de visite . Cartes ... ( called by the name of the photographer ) . Cabinet portraits . Paris portraits . Panel portraits ...
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