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The head of a man in a fur turban looking downwards and to right. Soft ground etching by B. Green after G.B. Castiglione.
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto, 1609-1664.Date: [1780?]Reference: 2497732i
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Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30982i
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Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.Date: 1648Reference: 29064i
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Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30146i
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Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28697i
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Experimental researches on the temperature of the head : I. On some points relating to the temperature of the head ; II. Effect on voluntary muscular contractions ; III. Influence of the temperature of the air / by J.S. Lombard.
Lombard, J. S. (Josiah Stickney)Date: 1881
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Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Reference: 20970i
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Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: 1791?Reference: 29478i
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An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 30010i
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The head of a pixie. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1971.
Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973.Date: [ca. 1971]Reference: 2851753i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29009i
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Disembodied heads in medieval and early modern culture / edited by Catrien Santing, Barbara Baert & Anita Traninger.
Date: 2013
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A physiognomy exemplifying what Lavater calls the 'homogeneity' of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29410i
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An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: c. 1789Reference: 28688i
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The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1793?Reference: 31613i
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Dissertatio inauguralis medica de excerniculis capitis : recentioribus inventis anatomicis illustrata ... / submittet Jacobus Gellentin.
Gellentin, Jakob.Date: [1712]
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Left, two members of the Garde nationale de Paris; right, a soldier receiving treatment from a surgeon and a military nurse, 1814. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1861, after A. de Marbot.
Marbot, Alfred de.Date: [1861?]Reference: 20085i
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A phrenologist examines two skulls from his collection. Reproduction of an etching by H. Daumier.
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879.Reference: 16220i
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Lehrbuch der plastischen Anatomie für academische Anstalten und zum Selbstunterricht / herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. E. Harless.
Date: 1856-1858
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A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.
Debacq, Charles-Alexandre, 1804-1853.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 16178i
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Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30947i
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The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31520i
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John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.Date: c. 1789Reference: 28750i
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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
Date: [1663]Reference: 18171i
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius, 1794-1872.Reference: 6250i

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The head of a man in a fur turban looking downwards and to right. Soft ground etching by B. Green after G.B. Castiglione.

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

Experimental researches on the temperature of the head : I. On some points relating to the temperature of the head ; II. Effect on voluntary muscular contractions ; III. Influence of the temperature of the air / by J.S. Lombard.

Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.

Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.

The head of a pixie. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1971.

Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.

Disembodied heads in medieval and early modern culture / edited by Catrien Santing, Barbara Baert & Anita Traninger.

A physiognomy exemplifying what Lavater calls the 'homogeneity' of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.

An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.

Dissertatio inauguralis medica de excerniculis capitis : recentioribus inventis anatomicis illustrata ... / submittet Jacobus Gellentin.

Left, two members of the Garde nationale de Paris; right, a soldier receiving treatment from a surgeon and a military nurse, 1814. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1861, after A. de Marbot.

A phrenologist examines two skulls from his collection. Reproduction of an etching by H. Daumier.

Lehrbuch der plastischen Anatomie für academische Anstalten und zum Selbstunterricht / herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. E. Harless.

A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.

Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.

The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.