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Concept

Characters and characteristics

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  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • 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.
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    Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

    | Date: c. 1793 | Reference: 30982i
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    Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794? | Reference: 30146i
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    Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

    | Date: c. 1789 | Reference: 28697i
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    Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

    Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. | Date: 1791? | Reference: 29478i
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    An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.

    | Date: 1792? | Reference: 30010i
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