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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.
  • Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • 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.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
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Works

  • view Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
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    Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

    | Date: c. 1793 | Reference: 30982i
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    Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.

    Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713. | Date: M.DCC.XXIII. [1723]
  • view Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.
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    Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.

    | Date: ca. 1794 | Reference: 30146i
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    Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.

    | Date: c. 1789 | Reference: 28697i
  • view Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.
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    Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.

    Reni, Guido, 1575-1642 | Date: ca. 1791 | Reference: 29478i
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