A weak woman in a state of exertion (left) and terror on the face of a boy (right). Drawing, c. 1793.

Date:
1793?
Reference:
31687i
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Lavater writes that the first image shows a state of vehemence, grief and exertion in a being weak and sensual. The second shows "the terror of ignorance, on the face of a child, whose features are much too formed"

Publication/Creation

[London], 1793?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

Lettering

Bears numbers : 9

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31687i

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