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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.

A man whose face expresses (according to the study of physiognomy) austerity blended with wit and rhetorical powers. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century.

A profile evaluated by Lavater as harsh and displeasing, yet with traces of wit in the eyes. Drawing, c. 1789.

A wife, her physiognomy expressing good temper and humour according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1789.

A man whose physiognomy expresses, according to Lavater, openness of mind, taste, a happy memory, and wit. Drawing, c. 1789.

Rebel physician : Nicholas Culpeper's fight for medical freedom.

Yi lin xiaohua / [compiled by] Zhou Changfa, Ma Boying.

Left eyes of two men. Drawing, c. 1794.

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Rebel physician : Nicholas Culpeper's fight for medical freedom.

Yi lin xiaohua / [compiled by] Zhou Changfa, Ma Boying.

Left eyes of two men. Drawing, c. 1794.

A wife, her physiognomy expressing good temper and humour according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1789.

A man whose physiognomy expresses, according to Lavater, openness of mind, taste, a happy memory, and wit. Drawing, c. 1789.