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  • A bust showing a phlegmatic-sanguine temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Profile of a man of artistic temperament. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Profile of a man displaying a choleric temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Profile of a man displaying a sanguinary temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A woman whose face exemplifies the phlegmatic temperament. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A man whose face exemplifies the melancholy temperament. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Profile of a man displaying a phlegmatic-melancholic temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Profile of a man displaying a choleric-melancholic temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by after M. de Vos.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • The melancholy temperament: an anxious woman clasps her hands as an agitated man lies on the ground. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.
  • New physiognomy, or, Signs of character as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in "the human face divine" / by Samuel R. Wells...with more than one thousand illustrations.
  • The four temperaments, from Lavater, Essays on physiognomy, 1789
  • The four qualities, elements, humours and temperaments. Drawing, 19--.
  • Four men of different temperaments looking at a painting of a dying man. Engraving by Grignion after D. Chodowiecki.
  • Histoire des plantes, en laquelle est contenue la description entière des herbes, c'est à dire, leurs espèces, forme, noms, tempérament, vertus et operations, non seulement de celles qui croissent en ce païs, mais aussi des autres estrangères qui viennent en usage de medécine Nouvellement traduite de bas Aleman en François par Charles de L'Escluse.
  • Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
  • Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
  • Saint Michael. Tempera painting.
  • The Virgin and Child. Tempera painting.
  • The Virgin and Child. Tempera painting.