Denise: Check out plates 63-65,69 of E. Nevill Jackson's Silhouette Notes and Dictionary, Scribners, NY, 1938. -or any other major text on the portrait profile at a major university library. If you don't have any luck there, let me know. I'll see if I can scan these and email them to you. In my recent research I've come across a few pictures of these "contraptions". Some really look like torture devices, some are very simplistic. Why/where are you doing this exhibit? I wonder if one of these devices still exists somewhere in the basement of the Smithsonian. Good Luck, Sandra Abbott > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:35:15 -0500 > From: Denise August <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: silhouettes > > I am setting up a vignette with mannequins of a silhouette being executed. > I know that some artists did them free-hand, but if they used a screen to > capture a projected shadow, what exactly did the screen look like? Could I > use a wooden needlework stand with a hoop or scroll screen frame attached > to it and have it sitting on the floor? OR would it be more appropriate to > have a screen on the table between the subject and the artist? What would > that look like? Thank you. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).