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Physiognotrace

A physiognotrace is an instrument, designed to trace a person's physiognomy to make semi-automated portrait aquatints. Invented in France in 1783–1784, it was popular for some decades. The sitter climbed into a wooden frame (1.75m high x 0.65m wide), sat and turned to the side to pose. A pantograph connected to a pencil produced within a few minutes a…

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Physiognotrace

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related to history · 25
Physiognotrace → Bibliothèque Nationale, Charles Willson Peale, Chrétien, Chrétien's, East Coast, Edme Bouchardy, Edme Quenedey, England, France, Frenchman Gilles-Louis Chrétien, Germany, Hawkins's, In, Jean Simon Fournier, Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, John Isaac Hawkins, Louis XVI, Many, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Physiognotrace → American Portrait Silhouettes, Captain Merriweather LewisKnipe, HawkinsThe Mechanization, Jeffersonian America, John, Likeness, Paper Profiles, Peale's, Penley, Profile, Ranger, Shadow Figures, Techniques, The Materials, Wendy BellionJefferson Encyclopedia
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Physiognotrace → instrument

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Physiognotraceis ainstrument0.90text
Physiognotracerelated to External linksRanger0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksShadow Figures0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksThe Materials0.60section
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Physiognotracerelated to External linksAmerican Portrait Silhouettes0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksProfile0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksCaptain Merriweather LewisKnipe0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksPenley0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksPaper Profiles0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksPeale's0.60section
Physiognotracerelated to External linksJohn0.60section

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