Frank Johnson, Leader of the Brass Band of the 128th Regiment in Saratoga, with his wife, Helen, Auguste Edouart, 1842–44

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Frank Johnson, Leader of the Brass Band of the 128th Regiment in Saratoga, with his wife, Helen, 1842–44, Cut paper silhouettes mounted on board, Sheet: 11 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. ( × cm), Cut Paper, Auguste Edouart (French, 1789–1861), Silhouettes must have first appeared in England in about 1700, when William and Mary reportedly had their profiles done. By the 1720s, silhouettes—or shades as they were known in Great Britain—had become an established novelty, and by the end of the century their popularity had spread to France

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