Head of a woman expressing, according to Lavater, good sense and fidelity. Drawing, c. 1794.
- Date:
- 1794?
- Reference:
- 30219i
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In the text, Lavater writes that this portrait is "more pleasing [than the one shown on frame no. 9459L], better calculated to inspire love". She has "a great fund of good sense, and a fidelity not to be shaken ... The attitude here is that of attentive love, superior to design and intrigue, and which nothing can direct from its attachment"
Publication/Creation
[London], 1794?
Physical description
1 drawing : pencil
Creator/production credits
"Holloway direxit" inscribed on published engraving
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30219i
Notes
One drawing in a group of drawings apparently prepared under the supervision of Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) for the English edition of J.C. Lavater, Essays on physiognomy, trans. Henry Hunter, London 1789-1798
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