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Head of a man screaming. Engraving after Michelangelo.
Reference: 34489i
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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
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Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30982i
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A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1732Reference: 32637i
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Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
Date: 1858Reference: 20076i
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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
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Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
Date: 1824Reference: 35100i
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Traité de la physiognomie humaine / par Eugène Ledos.
Ledos, Eugène.Date: [1895], ©1895
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The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.Reference: 34714i
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Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30146i
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Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28697i
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How to read heads and faces / by James Coates.
Coates, James, 1843-1933.Date: [1937?]
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Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: 1791?Reference: 29478i
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A female face expressing admiration. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1822Reference: 34048i
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An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 30010i
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Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29009i
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Dizionario fisiognomico : il volto, le forme, l'espressione / Giovanni Gurisatti.
Gurisatti, Giovanni.Date: 2006
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MS Karshuni 1
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A physiognomy exemplifying what Lavater calls the 'homogeneity' of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29410i
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A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.Reference: 34716i
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An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: c. 1789Reference: 28688i
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An outline of a face expressing acute pain (left); a face showing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: [1713]Reference: 33636i
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Breviary of the art of discerning others
Rubeis, Dominicus deDate: Middle 17th centuryReference: MS.699
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The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1793?Reference: 31613i
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Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: [1713]Reference: 33513i

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Head of a man screaming. Engraving after Michelangelo.

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

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

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

Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.

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

Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

Traité de la physiognomie humaine / par Eugène Ledos.

The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

How to read heads and faces / by James Coates.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

A female face expressing admiration. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.

An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.

Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.

Dizionario fisiognomico : il volto, le forme, l'espressione / Giovanni Gurisatti.

MS Karshuni 1

A physiognomy exemplifying what Lavater calls the 'homogeneity' of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.

A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

An outline of a face expressing acute pain (left); a face showing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

Breviary of the art of discerning others

The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.

Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.