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Johann Caspar Lavater. Lithograph by Z. Belliard.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by T. Holloway.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Photograph by Gustav Schauer after an engraving.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Etching by J. Schleuen after B. Rode.

Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater, and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. To which are added, one hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by J. Stöber, 1841.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1813.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by J. H. Lips, 1780, after himself.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Stipple engraving by Granger after de Bruyn.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Mezzotint by J. E. Haid, 1777, after G.F. Schmoll.

A man (Johann Caspar Lavater?), leaning on the back of a chair, contemplating a bust. Etching by J. R. Schellenberg.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after J. H. Lips [?].

A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.

Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.

Head of John the Baptist as a youth. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

L'art de connaître les hommes par la physionomie ... / par M. Moreau.

A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

Outlines of faces: the left-hand pair expressing good judgment, the right-hand pair weakness of mind. Drawing, c. 1789.

The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.

Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.

Thirteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.

An eye; according to Lavater, belonging to a promising young man. Drawing, c. 1794.

Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

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-.

Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

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Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

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-.

Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

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Johann Kaspar Lavater

Images from the collections

Images by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Images featuring Johann Kaspar Lavater

Works from the collections

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

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-.

Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

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