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Preferred term

Silhouettes  

Definition

  • Use for portraits cut from dark paper and, by extension, for dark images showing no interior detail set against light backgrounds [AAT]

Entry terms

  • FIGURES IN SILHOUETTE
  • PORTRAITS, PROFILE, SILHOUETTES
  • PROFILES, SILHOUETTES
  • VIEWS, SILHOUETTE

Notation

  • 116663

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-HKN5GKR0-D

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