Countess de la Barte

MEDIUMCut black paper pasted onto modern board

DIMENSIONSImage: 3 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (7.9 × 3.8 cm)

COLLECTIONDrawings and Prints

CREDIT LINEBequest of Mary Martin, 1938

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Auguste Edouart 1789–1861 · France

Cut 5,000 silhouettes in Edinburgh alone—with just scissors and paper.