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The word 'cartoon' originally comes from painting terminology. The term 'cartoon' relates to a preliminary, but fully worked, sketch--from which the outlines could be transferred to be the basis of a design for a fresco or painting. In the case of fresco painting--the cartoon would be hung on wet plaster, holes would be made along the outlines, and a form of charcoal would be ‘pounced’ through the holes, to transfer the drawing to the wall.
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