Essays on physiognomy. ... for the promotion and the love of mankind / written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater ; tr. by Thomas Holcroft.
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Date:
- 1806
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Essays on physiognomy. ... for the promotion and the love of mankind / written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater ; tr. by Thomas Holcroft. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![C II A P. V. Descriplion of Plates T. and II. Wl-: shall occasionally introduce soinc figures, in Order to support and elueidale those opi- iiions and propositions vvhieli may be advanced. Tbose ^)latesrefer to objects tlial luive been already alluded toin tlie preceding pages. Dr.scRiPTiON OF Plate I. }^umhi r 1. Sec the Front ispiece. This ja a boldly sketclied portrait of Albert Di r EU. Wlioevcr e.xaniines ibiscounlenanee, can- nol bat perccive in it llie iraits of fortitude, deep ])enctration, deterniincd pjcrseverancc, and inven- live genius. At least, every one will acknowledge ihe trulh of these observations, when made. >. Number 0,. Moncrief. There are few men eapabic ol observatIon,^nlio will dass tliis visage witli tbe stupid, ln ihe aspeet, the eye, the nose, espeeially, and the moulh, are proofs, not' to be uhstaken, ol the accoiiiplished gentletnun, and the inan of taste. Number 3. Johnson. The most unpractised eye will easily discover in this sketeh ol Johnson, the aeiite, the conipre- hensive, the capacious niind, not easily deeeived, and rather inelined to suspieion than ercdulity. Number 4. Shakesfeake. llow deficient imist all outlinesbe! Among ten thousand can one be loiind that is exacir Wliero](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22029734_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
