Engraving, "Sure and Convenient Machine for Drawing Silhouettes," 1792

Artifact

Engraving (Print)

Subject Date

1792

Creators

Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827 

Place of Creation

United Kingdom, England, London 

Keywords

Engravings (Prints) 

Prints (Visual works) 

Artists (Visual artists) 

Physiognomy 

Silhouettes 

Women 

Collection Title

Print Collection 

Object ID

90.0.332.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Glass (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant material)

Technique

Engraving (Printing process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 13.5 in

Width: 11.25 in

Length: 1.25 in

Inscriptions

text, top of print, (the long S appearinging in text replaced by standard S): A SURE AND CONVENIENT MACHINE FOR DRAWING SILHOUETTES. / This is the character I would assign to the silhouette of this Yong person; I find in it, / Goodness without much Ingenuity; Clearness of Idea, & a ready Conception, a mind / very industrious, but, little governed by a lively Imagination, & not attached to a rigid / punctuality; We do not discern in the Copy, the Character of Gaiety which is conspicuous / in the Original, but the Nose is improved in the silhouette, it expreses more Ingenuity.