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Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.

Profile of a boy which, according to Lavater, exemplifies Raphael's approach to noses and chins in profile. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

N. Malzieu: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Lower parts of the face: outlines. Engraving after C. Le Brun.

A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A young woman with a large forehead, long nose and pointed chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.

The adaptive chin / by E. Lloyd DuBrul and Harry Sicher.

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A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A young woman with a large forehead, long nose and pointed chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.

Lower parts of the face: outlines. Engraving after C. Le Brun.

N. Malzieu: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

The adaptive chin / by E. Lloyd DuBrul and Harry Sicher.