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Various human heads and faces
Rowlands, Gwyneth, 1915-2009Date: c.1960s-1970sReference: PP/ADA/C/8/134/108
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
Archives and manuscripts
A smiling face with red eyes and a flight of stairs behind
Meredith, David Thomas, active approximately 1975-1989Date: 20 January 1976Reference: 3010620i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A woman in purple and blue face down on a red and black ground
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: 7 July 1959Reference: 2897370i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Eight physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki and C. Le Brun.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29007i
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Desiderius Erasmus: portrait in profile. Drawing, c. 1795, after H. Holbein.
Hans Holbein the YoungerDate: c. 1795Reference: 30989i
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Two outlines of faces showing astonishment and fear (left) and laughter (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
Charles Le BrunDate: [1713]Reference: 33510i
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Head of a man, profile. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31681i
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'Myself about 8"
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: December 1966Reference: 2863732i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Smiling face with thick black spectacles
Birch, Martin, 1935-1982Date: c.1966-1977Reference: 2851440i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A male face expressing scorn. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
Charles Le BrunReference: 32547i
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A pair of eyes expressing the character of a solid thinker, unhurried, yet intrepid if required (according to Lavater). Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794.
Date: [1794?]Reference: 30810i
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Face with green fringe and blue eyes on a red ground
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: August 1967Reference: 2854527i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Traité sur l'art de restaurer les difformités de la face, selon la méthode francaise par déplacement, ou méthode française [et] Atlas de 30 planches representant 120 figures / Par M. Serre.
Serre, Michel, 1799-1849.Date: 1842
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Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30640i
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Faces from the front : Harold Gillies, The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery / Andrew Bamji.
Bamji, AndrewDate: 2017
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The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31519i
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Plastic surgery of the nose, ear and face / by Victor Frühwald.
Frühwald, Victor.Date: 1932
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An écorché face weeping, showing the muscles involved. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
George StubbsDate: 1 August 1815Reference: 34457i
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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: 32549i
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Jacobi: profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29332i
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Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
Date: c. 1791Reference: 29446i
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Geschictsstörungen und Uterinleiden / von A. Mooren.
Albert MoorenDate: 1898
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Profiles of three men deemed untrustworthy by Lavater in his account of physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28699i
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Five silhouettes. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29323i
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Astronomy: an anthropomorphic comet, with a tail composed of events of 1853. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
George CruikshankDate: 1850-1859Reference: 46246i

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Various human heads and faces

A smiling face with red eyes and a flight of stairs behind

A woman in purple and blue face down on a red and black ground

Eight physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki and C. Le Brun.

Desiderius Erasmus: portrait in profile. Drawing, c. 1795, after H. Holbein.

Two outlines of faces showing astonishment and fear (left) and laughter (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Head of a man, profile. Drawing, c. 1793.

'Myself about 8"

Smiling face with thick black spectacles

A male face expressing scorn. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

A pair of eyes expressing the character of a solid thinker, unhurried, yet intrepid if required (according to Lavater). Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794.

Face with green fringe and blue eyes on a red ground

Traité sur l'art de restaurer les difformités de la face, selon la méthode francaise par déplacement, ou méthode française [et] Atlas de 30 planches representant 120 figures / Par M. Serre.

Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.

Faces from the front : Harold Gillies, The Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, and the origins of modern plastic surgery / Andrew Bamji.

The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.

Plastic surgery of the nose, ear and face / by Victor Frühwald.

An écorché face weeping, showing the muscles involved. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

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

Jacobi: profile. Drawing, c. 1789.

Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.

Geschictsstörungen und Uterinleiden / von A. Mooren.

Profiles of three men deemed untrustworthy by Lavater in his account of physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789.

Five silhouettes. Drawing, c. 1789.

Astronomy: an anthropomorphic comet, with a tail composed of events of 1853. Etching by G. Cruikshank.