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Concept

Face

Images

  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Frontispiece to an English edition of Charles Le Brun's 'Expressions of the passions of the soul' (left); a face expressing attention. Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • A female face expressing admiration. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    'The drowning woman"

    Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990 | Date: September 1973 | Reference: 2870413i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690. | Reference: 32629i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

    | Date: c. 1793 | Reference: 30982i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690. | Date: 1732 | Reference: 32637i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Sixteen faces expressing the human passions. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690. | Date: [1821] | Reference: 34246i
All works (537)

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