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| Peter Branfield Screenprint poster with silhouettes by Augustin Édouart 1967 Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
The poster above shows the 1960s plundering the 1830s. The original cut-paper silhouette was sourced from a larger group (immediately below) at the Victoria & Albert Museum. This quaint design-element was then matched to equally quaint typography and soaked in a flower-power color-palette of old gold, violet blue and fuchsia pink.
Augustin Édouart (1789-1861) crafted and sold quantities of distinctive silhouette portraits during a long career in Europe and the United States. Before arriving at his signature style and technique, he reportedly supported himself by fashioning portraits from human hair, but I have discovered no examples. The silhouettes are abundantly preserved.
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| Augustin Édouart Browne Family in silhouette 1834 Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Carden family 1837 Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Beveridge family 1832 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart The Magic Lantern 1820s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Augustin Édouart Charles Simeon, preacher 1828 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Charles Simeon, preacher 1828 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Charles Simeon, preacher 1828 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Charles Simeon, preacher 1828 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Hannah More 1827 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Wilkinson Family 1829 Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Sir Walter Scott 1831 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Augustin Édouart Four performers 1832 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Augustin Édouart Sarah Siddons on stage, and other performers 1832 National Portrait Gallery, London |