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  • Statues of an apostle and Christ (?). Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A bust showing a phlegmatic-sanguine temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • The head of a frog, in the fourth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Six heads of dogs. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Eyes expressing an imperious and passionate character, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man with a nose indicating reflectiveness (according to Lavater). Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be gentle but mediocre. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater, and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. To which are added, one hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.
  • Nine ears. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Desiderius Erasmus. Drawing, c. 1792, after H. Holbein.
  • Head of Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Essays on physiognomy; for the promotion of the knowledge and the love of mankind / Written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater, and translated [from the German] into English by Thomas Holcroft.
  • Twelve ears. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Admiral Hyde: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Four designs of upper parts of faces, expressing different characters. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Four physiognomies expressing the propensity to command. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Outlines of twelve faces in profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Four heads of birds: a swan, a polyphemus, a wild duck and a pelican. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Plato. Drawing after Raphael, ca. 1793.
  • A face expressing ardent attention. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Raphael: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Christ talking to two men who, according to Lavater, show physiognomic traits of 'sensuality'. Drawing, c. 1789, after H. Holbein.
  • Head of a stag. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Saint Cecilia, a bishop, Saint John and Saint Paul. Drawing, c. 1794, after Raphael.
  • Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême. Drawing, c. 1793, after J. Morin.
  • A profile of a man interpreted by Lavater to be indolent, idle, and a drunkard. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Augustus Caesar: profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.