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A silhouette of a man facing right. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31676i
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M0007221: Manuscript illustration depicting metoposcopy
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/62/4
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Cassia, Pompeio Barbaro de
Cassia, Pompeio Barbaro deDate: 1657Reference: MS.1517
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How to read faces, or, Practical physiognomy made easy : the science and art of reading character briefly outlined, illustrated, and explained / by James Coates.
Coates, James, 1843-1933.Date: [between 1880 and 1900?]
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Algernon Sidney: profile. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31514i
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The Virgin Mary with the child Jesus. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
RaphaelDate: 1791?Reference: 29559i
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Māṉiṭakkuṟiyeṉṉum, Tirēkakkuṟi puruṣa laṭkṣaṇameṉṟum, vaḻaṅkiya Aṅkakuṟi cāstiram / iḵatu Maṇimaṅkalam Vaṭivēlumutaliyāravarkaḷāl pārvaiyiṭappaṭṭu Piṭārittāṅkal Nārāyaṇacāmimutaliyār kumārar Citamparamutaliyāravarkaḷatu ... patippikkappaṭṭatu.
Muṉicāmi Mutaliyār, Ciṟumaṇavūr.Date: 1907
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The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27612i
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Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater ; and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft ; to which are added, One hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater ; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: 1848
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Adriaan van Cattenburgh. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30889i
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Some account of Dr. Gall's new theory of physiognomy founded upon the anatomy & physiology of the brain, with the critical strictures of C. W. Hufeland.
Henry Crabb RobinsonDate: 1807
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Die Diätetik nach dem "Secretum secretorum" in der Version von Jofroi de Waterford : Teiledition und lexikalische Untersuchung / Yela Schauwecker.
Schauwecker, Yela, 1973-Date: 2007
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Four faces (clockwise from top left): laughing, weeping, showing sadness, and compassion. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.
Charles Le BrunReference: 33648i
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Right profile of head with depressed frontal lobes, divided up to show the location of all the lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
Date: c. 1900Reference: 28386i
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A man glowering, expressing hatred or jealousy. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
Charles Le BrunDate: 1732Reference: 33162i
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A profile of a man bisected with a curve for measuring the brain, skulls of a Turk (top right), a Georgian woman (bottom left) and a Caribbean (bottom right). Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
Date: 1824Reference: 35087i
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Raphael as a young man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
RaphaelDate: c. 1791Reference: 29383i
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A man with his mouth open in terror. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.
Charles Le BrunDate: 1822Reference: 34109i
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Four diagrams illustrating heads with severe wounds, demonstrating how to stitch the skin back together properly. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.
John BellReference: 23317i
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A bearded man whose face expresses horror. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
Charles Le BrunReference: 32551i
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Das Vorurteil im Leibe : eine Einführung in die Physiognomik / Claudia Schmölders.
Claudia SchmöldersDate: [1995], ©1995
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Essays on physiognomy; for the promotion of the knowledge and the love of mankind / written in the German language by J.C. Lavater ; abridged from Mr. Holcroft's translation.
Johann Kaspar LavaterDate: [1794]
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Balthazar Bekker: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30859i
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Arte de conocer á los hombres por medio de su esterior, segun resulta de los estudios frenologicos y fisionomicos : Obra util á todos en general, y en particular á los maestros de primera educacion, á los padres de familia, confesores, jueces, directores de establecimientos piadosos, &c. &c. Adornada con laminas litografiadas / Por Antero Gomez.
Gómez, AnteroDate: 1849
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Herr von Mommongnon, a character with a grotesque face. Line engraving attributed to D. Custos.
Dominicus CustosReference: 3236i

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A silhouette of a man facing right. Drawing, c. 1793.

M0007221: Manuscript illustration depicting metoposcopy

Cassia, Pompeio Barbaro de

How to read faces, or, Practical physiognomy made easy : the science and art of reading character briefly outlined, illustrated, and explained / by James Coates.

Algernon Sidney: profile. Drawing, c. 1793.

The Virgin Mary with the child Jesus. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Adriaan van Cattenburgh. Drawing, c. 1794.

Some account of Dr. Gall's new theory of physiognomy founded upon the anatomy & physiology of the brain, with the critical strictures of C. W. Hufeland.

Die Diätetik nach dem "Secretum secretorum" in der Version von Jofroi de Waterford : Teiledition und lexikalische Untersuchung / Yela Schauwecker.

Four faces (clockwise from top left): laughing, weeping, showing sadness, and compassion. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.

Right profile of head with depressed frontal lobes, divided up to show the location of all the lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.

A man glowering, expressing hatred or jealousy. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A profile of a man bisected with a curve for measuring the brain, skulls of a Turk (top right), a Georgian woman (bottom left) and a Caribbean (bottom right). Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.

Raphael as a young man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

A man with his mouth open in terror. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.

Four diagrams illustrating heads with severe wounds, demonstrating how to stitch the skin back together properly. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.

A bearded man whose face expresses horror. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Das Vorurteil im Leibe : eine Einführung in die Physiognomik / Claudia Schmölders.

Essays on physiognomy; for the promotion of the knowledge and the love of mankind / written in the German language by J.C. Lavater ; abridged from Mr. Holcroft's translation.

Balthazar Bekker: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.

Herr von Mommongnon, a character with a grotesque face. Line engraving attributed to D. Custos.