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Black silhouette of a man writing with a quill at a desk in a wood-panelled room with a fireplace and wall trophies.

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Sir Walter Scott, Auguste Edouart (1830), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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A black cut-paper silhouette shows a seated man in profile writing with a quill at a small pedestal table, set within a room with a coffered ceiling, a fireplace, a window with drapery, and trophies or antlers on the wall. The interior is rendered in brown wash behind the silhouette, and the caption identifies the sitter as Sir Walter Scott. Auguste Edouart made this work in 1830.