silhouette portrait
shadow
sitter's profile
captured
art form
fairs
carnivals
Originally
"shade"
transferred
ivory
plaster
porcelain
reduced to fit
brooches
lockets
surname
Etienne de Silhouette
finance minister infamous
cost-cutting policies
ridiculing
opponents
coined the term
"a la silhouette"
phrase was passed on
profile drawings
inexpensive
curiosities
mistaken for junk
worth large amounts
record price