Johann Caspar Lavater. Lithograph by Z. Belliard.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by T. Holloway.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Photograph by Gustav Schauer after an engraving.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Etching by J. Schleuen after B. Rode.

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.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by J. Stöber, 1841.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1813.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by J. H. Lips, 1780, after himself.

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

Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.

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

Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

L'art de connaître les hommes par la physionomie ... / par M. Moreau.

A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

Outlines of faces: the left-hand pair expressing good judgment, the right-hand pair weakness of mind. Drawing, c. 1789.

The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.

Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.

Thirteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.

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1 print : etching, in oval ; platemark 8 x 5.6 cm

A man (Johann Caspar Lavater?), leaning on the back of a chair, contemplating a bust. Etching by J. R. Schellenberg.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after J. H. Lips [?].

Lavater compares this portrait with another on the same page. He distinguishes the professional scholar (this one) from the worldly man by the contours of the nose

Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; image 8.1 x 6.5 cm

The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

In the text Lavater tells us that these eight portraits are "copied from the antique". He points out the crucial physiognomic differences between them, some of which detract from Socrates' genius, some of which add the character of mistrust to his mien

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

In the text, Lavater comments that he prefers the Reni to the Raphael (Wellcome Library no. 29479i)

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

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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801

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Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by T. Holloway.

A man (Johann Caspar Lavater?), leaning on the back of a chair, contemplating a bust. Etching by J. R. Schellenberg.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Lithograph by Z. Belliard.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after J. H. Lips [?].

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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801

Images

Works

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by T. Holloway.

A man (Johann Caspar Lavater?), leaning on the back of a chair, contemplating a bust. Etching by J. R. Schellenberg.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Lithograph by Z. Belliard.

Johann Caspar Lavater. Engraved silhouette by J. H. Lips [?].

Johann Caspar Lavater. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1789, after J. H. Lips [?].

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