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Jacobus de Cachiopin (?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1793, after A. van Dyck.
Anthony van DyckDate: c. 1793Reference: 31619i
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Essays on physiognomy / translated from the german of John Caspar Lavater by Thomas Holcroft ; also one hundred physiognomical rules, taken from a posthumous work by J. C. Lavater ; and a memoir of the author ; illustrated with upwards of four hundred profiles.
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: [between 1878 and 1900?]
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Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 31695i
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Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be incapable of tenderness, except in matters of religious devotion, but "incapable of what is properly called falsehood". Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31680i
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Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30151i
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John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30984i
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Bearded man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31635i
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Physiognomy, or, The corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features and the ruling passions of the mind / Translated from the original work of J.C. Lavater.
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: 1827
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The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.
Andreas SchlüterDate: 1789?Reference: 29012i
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Twelve stages in the sequence from the head of a primitive man to the head of the Apollo Belvedere. Coloured etchings by Christian von Mechel after Lavater, 1797.
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: 1797Reference: 47556i
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A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31704i
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Nine ears. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31418i
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Règles physiognomiques, ou observations sur quelques traits caractéristiques / [Johann Caspar Lavater].
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: 1803
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H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30978i
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Johann Reinhold Förster, naturalist and clergyman: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30246i
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A man looking downwards: sketch. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31658i
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An ecstatic eye. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30819i
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A man whose physiognomy expresses penetration, quickness, and a talent for communication. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28742i
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The transfigured Christ. Drawing, c. 1788, after Raphael.
RaphaelDate: [1788?]Reference: 29759i
Archives and manuscripts
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Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: 1799-1813Reference: MS.7916
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Six heads of birds: cocks, parrots and pigeons. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29159i
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The pirate Storzenbecher (Störtebeker). Drawing, c. 1789, after D. Hopfer.
Daniel HopferDate: c. 1789Reference: 28701i
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Nine physiognomies of popes and prelates. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
RaphaelDate: 1791?Reference: 29755i
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Progression of a man through the ages of infancy to the age of fifty. Engraving, c. 1794.
Date: [1794?]Reference: 31847i
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Head of a man deemed by Lavater to be susceptible to both madness and genius. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31600i

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Jacobus de Cachiopin (?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1793, after A. van Dyck.

Essays on physiognomy / translated from the german of John Caspar Lavater by Thomas Holcroft ; also one hundred physiognomical rules, taken from a posthumous work by J. C. Lavater ; and a memoir of the author ; illustrated with upwards of four hundred profiles.

Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.

Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be incapable of tenderness, except in matters of religious devotion, but "incapable of what is properly called falsehood". Drawing, c. 1793.

Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.

John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Bearded man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Physiognomy, or, The corresponding analogy between the conformation of the features and the ruling passions of the mind / Translated from the original work of J.C. Lavater.

The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.

Twelve stages in the sequence from the head of a primitive man to the head of the Apollo Belvedere. Coloured etchings by Christian von Mechel after Lavater, 1797.

A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.

Nine ears. Drawing, c. 1793.

Règles physiognomiques, ou observations sur quelques traits caractéristiques / [Johann Caspar Lavater].

H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Johann Reinhold Förster, naturalist and clergyman: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.

A man looking downwards: sketch. Drawing, c. 1793.

An ecstatic eye. Drawing, c. 1794.

A man whose physiognomy expresses penetration, quickness, and a talent for communication. Drawing, c. 1789.

The transfigured Christ. Drawing, c. 1788, after Raphael.

Napoleonic documents

Six heads of birds: cocks, parrots and pigeons. Drawing, c. 1789.

The pirate Storzenbecher (Störtebeker). Drawing, c. 1789, after D. Hopfer.

Nine physiognomies of popes and prelates. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

Progression of a man through the ages of infancy to the age of fifty. Engraving, c. 1794.

Head of a man deemed by Lavater to be susceptible to both madness and genius. Drawing, c. 1793.