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

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1792?
Reference:
30010i
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An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Appears in the book in a chapter on the four temperaments

Lavater writes that "on first look, this figure suggests the idea of a head of St John, but examine it closely, and it sinks into the mere mask of a beautiful countenance, unmeaning to the last degree"

Publication/Creation

[London], 1792?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

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Wellcome Collection 30010i

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