Profound change in body structure during the postembryonic development of an organism

A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

The transfiguration of Christ; Moses and Elijah appear alongside him. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.

The head of a frog, in the fourth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

The head of a frog, in the early stages of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

A married couple who have begun physically to resemble each other. Drawing, c. 1794.

Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Oil painting by a follower of Luigi Garzi.

Two physiognomies showing hybrids of man and ox. Drawing, c. 1789, after C. Le Brun.

The transfiguration of Christ. Etching.

A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.

The transfiguration of Christ. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.

1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; image 8.1 x 6.5 cm

The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; image 8 x 6.6 cm

A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

1 print : engraving ; image17.6 x 28.4 cm

Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

On metamorphosis and metagenesis / Professor Owen.

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Metamorphosis, Biological

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The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

On metamorphosis and metagenesis / Professor Owen.

A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.

Metamorphosis, Biological

Images from the collections

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The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

On metamorphosis and metagenesis / Professor Owen.

A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.

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