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A girl's eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30710i
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Honoré d'Urfé: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31608i
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René Descartes: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30553i
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Jacobus de Cachiopin (?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1793, after A. van Dyck.
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.Date: c. 1793Reference: 31619i
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Physiognomy and expression / by Paolo Mantegazza.
Mantegazza, Paolo, 1831-1910.Date: [1890]
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Essays on physiognomy / translated from the german of John Caspar Lavater by Thomas Holcroft ; also one hundred physiognomical rules, taken from a posthumous work by J. C. Lavater ; and a memoir of the author ; illustrated with upwards of four hundred profiles.
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.Date: [between 1878 and 1900?]
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Corvus della Mirandola, Andreas
Corvus della Mirandola, AndreasDate: 1650Reference: MS.217
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Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 31695i
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Magninus, Caspar
Magninus, CasparDate: Middle 17th centuryReference: MS.465
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Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27623i
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Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be incapable of tenderness, except in matters of religious devotion, but "incapable of what is properly called falsehood". Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31680i
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Doubts about other minds and the science of physiognomics / Voula Tsouna.
Tsouna, Voula.Date: 1998
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Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30151i
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Descriptive mentality from the head, face and hand / by Holmes W. Merton.
Merton, Holmes W. (Holmes Whittier), 1860-Date: [between 1900 and 1909]
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A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 32628i
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Four high society women in costumes associated with the times of the day; two women wearing historical costumes from Europe and America. Lithograph.
Reference: 27278i
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John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30984i
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Evolution of facial musculature and facial expression / by Ernst Huber.
Huber, Ernst, 1892-Date: 1931
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Die Sprache der Augen : Vortrag gehalten am 2. März 1885 im Musiksaal der Universität zum Besten der Breslauer Kinder-Gärten / von Hugo Magnus.
Magnus, Hugo, 1842-1907.Date: 1885
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Bearded man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31635i
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Shwe-Maong, a man in Burma whose head and face are covered with hair. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after W.E. Reid.
Reid, W. E.Date: [1834]Reference: 31814i
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A man weeping. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 32543i
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How to read faces, or, Practical physiognomy made easy : the science and art of reading character briefly outlined, illustrated, and explained / by James Coates.
Coates, James, 1843-1933.Date: [between 1880 and 1900?]
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The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1732Reference: 33158i
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A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 32372i

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A girl's eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.

Honoré d'Urfé: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

René Descartes: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.

Jacobus de Cachiopin (?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1793, after A. van Dyck.

Physiognomy and expression / by Paolo Mantegazza.

Essays on physiognomy / translated from the german of John Caspar Lavater by Thomas Holcroft ; also one hundred physiognomical rules, taken from a posthumous work by J. C. Lavater ; and a memoir of the author ; illustrated with upwards of four hundred profiles.

Corvus della Mirandola, Andreas

Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.

Magninus, Caspar

Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be incapable of tenderness, except in matters of religious devotion, but "incapable of what is properly called falsehood". Drawing, c. 1793.

Doubts about other minds and the science of physiognomics / Voula Tsouna.

Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.

Descriptive mentality from the head, face and hand / by Holmes W. Merton.

A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

Four high society women in costumes associated with the times of the day; two women wearing historical costumes from Europe and America. Lithograph.

John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Evolution of facial musculature and facial expression / by Ernst Huber.

Die Sprache der Augen : Vortrag gehalten am 2. März 1885 im Musiksaal der Universität zum Besten der Breslauer Kinder-Gärten / von Hugo Magnus.

Bearded man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Shwe-Maong, a man in Burma whose head and face are covered with hair. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after W.E. Reid.

A man weeping. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

How to read faces, or, Practical physiognomy made easy : the science and art of reading character briefly outlined, illustrated, and explained / by James Coates.

The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.