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A traditional silhouette portrait of the late 18th century. A silhouette (English: / ˌ s ɪ l u ˈ ɛ t /, [1] French:) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.
Williams made over 8,000 silhouettes during his first year working at Peale's museum. [3] He earned between 6 and 8 cents for every silhouette he cut. [4] With the money Williams earned making silhouettes, he bought a house and married. [1] By 1823, silhouette-cutting as a profession was in decline, and Williams had to sell his house. [1]
The sitter's face was recorded as a black silhouette. In 1785, Miers writes on the back of one of his images promoting the process: “preserves the most exact Symmetry and animated expression of the Features, much Superior to any other Method.
At the time of his retirement, he had the fifth-most home runs in major league history. Minnesota Twins Star: He spent most of his 22-year career with the Minnesota Twins, becoming a franchise icon.
Silhouette grew out of the German corsetry company 'Ski Corset', which was founded by Max Lobbenberg and Emil Blumenau in 1887. The rise of the Nazis forced the Jewish owners to sell Ski Corset to a Bavarian Company but the London subsidiary, under Hans Lobbenberg (son of Max) and Hans Blumenau, Emil's son, continued to operate.
The Silhouette Group was founded in 1964 by Anneliese and Arnold Schmied. [2] In 1991, Silhouette began producing sports eyewear under the licensed brand Adidas. [3] In the 1990s, importers in Italy, the USA, England, Denmark, Germany and Belgium were converted into subsidiaries of the company. [4] In 2000, the company expanded to France and ...
Contrary to popular belief, the silhouette was not modeled on Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, [1] or any specific player [2] but was drawn with reference to photographs of several players. [3] The silhouette was chosen specifically because of its ambiguity: the batter could be right- or left-handed and of any ethnic background. [3]
The latest peek at Batman was in near-full silhouette, backlit by lightning, once again keeping eagle-eyed DC fans from gleaning any intel on, say, the costume or chest logo sported by the new DCU ...