| Physical description |
1 drawing : pencil |
| Note |
Drawing for plate facing p. 181, vol. 1, of the first English version of J.C. Lavater's 'Essays on physiognomy' (trans. Henry Hunter, London: John Murray [etc.], 1789-1798) |
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Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) supervised the artwork for the English version of the book. This included re-engraving many of the works from the original German and French publications. This series of designs (frame nos. 9326T-9551) are mostly preparations for the English version |
| Credits |
Engraving in the book attributed to T. Trotter |
| Summary |
The central woman represents the ideal; the next but one on the right is in turn, in a way that strikes us "antecedent to all reasoning", better than the next one along. On the left, the middle woman shows more prudence in her physiognomy than the other two |
| Cite as |
Wellcome Library no. 28698i |
| Author, etc. |
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801, author.
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Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827.
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| Topic-LCSH |
Physiognomy.
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Head.
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Characters and characteristics.
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Face.
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Beauty, Personal.
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Women.
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| Genre/Technique |
Pencil works.
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| Copy photo no. |
V 9093 |
| System no. |
.b11865404
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| Record no. |
28698i |
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