Head of a dog. Drawing, c. 1789.

In applying the study of physiognomy to the animal world, Lavater asserts a "proportional difference of force and form. ... From the insect invisible to the naked eye, up to the elephant, is not the gradation of internal and external character perpetually in exact relation?" (vol. II.i. p. 99)

This is a reverse drawing (preparation for engraving) of the top-right hand dog pictured in Wellcome Library no. 29140i

[London], 1789?

1 drawing : coloured pencil

Wellcome Collection 29141i

One drawing in a group of drawings in the Wellcome Library made in preparation for the English version of 'Essays on physiognomy', supervised by Thomas Holloway (1748-1827). This included re-engraving many of the works from the original German and French publications