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Biology - History

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Images from the collections

Images about Biology - History

3 images from works
  • 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-.
  • The head of Apollo, his physiognomy having metamorphosed from that of a frog. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Works from the collections

71 works

    • Books

    The history of biology : a selected, annotated bibliography / Judith A. Overmier.

    Overmier, Judith A., 1939- | Date: 1989
    • Pictures

    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-.

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Reference: 34714i
    • Books

    Beliefs and biology : theories of life and living / Jennifer Trusted.

    Trusted, Jennifer. | Date: [2003], ©2003
    • Pictures

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

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Reference: 34716i
    • Books

    A guinea pig's history of biology : the plants and animals who taught us the facts of life / Jim Endersby.

    Endersby, Jim. | Date: 2007
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