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  • Outline of a face in extreme pain (left); a woman's head, showing admiration. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Seven vignettes of people suffering from different types of mental illness. Lithograph by W. Spread and J. Reed, 1858.
  • A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • Eyes expressing an imperious and passionate character, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A series of lithographic drawings illustrative of the relation between the human physiognomy and that of the brute creation / From designs by Charles Le Brun: with remarks on the system. [Anon].
  • 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.
  • Two faces expressing dejection. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded man glowering with jealousy (left) and a man expressing jealousy or hatred. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) scorn, laughter, acute pain, desire, anger, sadness. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • Head of Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Twelve ears. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Admiral Hyde: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Four designs of upper parts of faces, expressing different characters. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A face expressing hatred or jealousy. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • Three forearms and one hand. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Head of an old man with a bandage laced through his hollow eye-sockets. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776.
  • A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • An écorché face showing the muscles involved in the expression of terror. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • Two outlines of faces expressing joy (left) and the movement of the face in sadness (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • The face of a young man in a state of attention. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht, 1732, after C. Le Brun.