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Face

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Images

  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man behind a woman who is combing her hair; representing the sense of sight. Engraving.
  • Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Frontispiece to an English edition of Charles Le Brun's 'Expressions of the passions of the soul' (left); a face expressing attention. Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • A female face expressing admiration. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
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Works

  • view A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
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    A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690 | Reference: 32629i
  • view Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
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    Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

    | Date: c. 1793 | Reference: 30982i
  • view A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
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    A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690 | Date: 1732 | Reference: 32637i
  • view Sixteen faces expressing the human passions. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after C. Le Brun.
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    Sixteen faces expressing the human passions. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690 | Date: [1821] | Reference: 34246i
  • view Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
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    Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

    | Date: 1824 | Reference: 35100i
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