Anterior anatomical region in many animals, which tends to contain sensory and nervous organs and orifices for ingestion and breathing

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A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.

Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.

Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.

Head of John the Baptist as a youth. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

The head of a man composed of writhing nude figures. Oil painting by F. Balbi.

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.

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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.