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Physionotypes  

Definition

  • Portrait reliefs made using a "machine" invented by Frédéric Sauvage, which would take impressions and make intaglio molds of a sitter's face, which could then be filled with plaster to make the relief; brass relief portraits were also made using this process

Entry terms

  • Molds, physionotypes
  • Physianotypes
  • Physionometers

Notation

  • 118001

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NJ6HDZFS-K

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