Things that amuse me: Silhouette Masterpiece Theater

Wilhelm Staehle created Victorian scenes by superimposing silhouettes over paintings, and gave them somewhat subversive captions.


Simply brilliant. (I wish I could buy them as cards!)










The enigmatic Wilhelm Staehle is a clever gentleman indeed whose nomenclature appears on two lovely sites: Silhouette Masterpiece Theater and The Dollar Dreadful Family Library.

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