NAPOLEON. Shade on skeleton leaf. From _The Collector_. Portrait by J. Gapp, of the Chain Pier, Brighton. In the possession of Mr. C. L. Exby. NAPOLEON. Cut from a single piece of black paper by unknown artist. In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke. Portrait of NAPOLEON on lithographed background. Reproduced from Edouart’s _Treatise on Silhouettes_, published in 1835.] [Illustration: XLII. THE GIRL WITH THE BONNET. Cut portrait with elaborate gold pencilling. In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke. PORTRAITS À LA MODE. French print, showing the life-size shades in process of making.] [Illustration: XLIII. The late LORD FAUCONBURG. Size 15 × 20 ins. Painted silhouette picture at Knole. Coloured silhouette portrait, early nineteenth century. Grey dress, blue cap ribbons. In the possession of Mrs. E. N. Jackson. SIR HENRY JOHNSON, G.C.B., and SIR JOHN JOHNSON, Welsh Baronet, taken at Bath in 1827. From _Bath Characters_, by August Edouart. In the possession of the Author.] [Illustration: XLIV. ISABELLA LUCAS, aged 36 years, hawker of tinware. From Edouart’s _Folio of Bath Characters_. Portrait of a slave, G. WRIGHT, born in Virginia, belonging to Ch. Oxley. Taken by Edouart at New Orleans, March 1st, 1844. This portrait is reproduced to show the artist’s method of naming and dating all the portraits in his folios, also his method of adding white for collar, which is seen as a thin line when the black paper side of the portrait is shown. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, author of “Home, Sweet Home,” etc. Washington, April 22nd, 1841. MR. DAVID HOFFMAN. Taken at Baltimore, Dec. 9th, 1840. All the portraits on this page are in the possession of the Author.] [Illustration: XLV. UNKNOWN. In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq. Supposititious silhouette of WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY reading. THE PARSON’S LADY. By Master Hubard. MRS. DELANEY. In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq. Portrait painted on glass, by Rosenberg, of Bath. Original frame. In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke.] [Illustration: XLVI. BRAY, Historian of Surrey. In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq. WELLINGTON. Cut paper portrait, touched with gold. In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq. Silhouette in black and colour. In the possession of Mrs. Leggett. In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.] [Illustration: XLVII. Painted silhouette. In the possession of Lady Sackville, Knole. _Fait par_ JOUBERT, _Peintre en miniature_. At Knole. Quaint portrait of a child. In the possession of Mrs. Head. Portrait of George III., surrounded by minute lines of writing, actual size. In the possession of the Author.] [Illustration: XLVIII. Silhouette portrait group. In the possession of Mr. Maberly Phillips, F.S.A. CHECKMATE. From the _Treatise on Silhouettes_, published in 1835. Silhouettes from Lavater’s _Lecture XVII._, published in 1794.] [Illustration: XLIX. Portrait of himself, sketched by Phil May, 1894.