Silhouette portrait of a young girl in profile with a spinning top..

Original silhouette on cut paper on to a mount wood frame, slight surface marks. A silhouette image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. Traditionally, a silhouette is a form of artwork, the term originating in the 18th century and applied to portraits or other pictorial representations cut from thin black card.