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  • The Pasteur Institute, Kasauli, India: a caged monkey with drooping eyes (ptosis) due to rabies. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • Eyes expressing extreme emotion, from coldness to rage. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • An amuletic necklace of glass beads. The pattern of onlain circles resembling eyes acts as protection against the evil eye, Hebron, Palestine.
  • An amuletic necklace of glass beads. The pattern of onlain circles resembling eyes acts as protection against the evil eye, Hebron, Palestine.
  • A face with red eyes, a red mouth with jagged teeth, and purple rays. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Dissection of the skull, showing the eyes with attached nerves and muscles. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1864.
  • A bearded man, head and shoulders, with his eyes closed. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, 1864.
  • Dissection of the skull, showing the eyes with attached nerves and muscles. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1864.
  • A face with red eyes, a red mouth with jagged teeth, and purple rays. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A face with volutes as eyes, a downturned mouth, and angled eyebrows, representing dejection. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.
  • A profile evaluated by Lavater as harsh and displeasing, yet with traces of wit in the eyes. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • The face of a person outlined in ochre, covering the eyes with green hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1964 (?).
  • Eyes expressing an imperious and passionate character, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Eyes of Cupid. Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794, after A.R. Mengs.
  • Eyes of Cupid. Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794, after A.R. Mengs.
  • Several examples of diseased eyes, throat (larynx) and face, numbered for key. Coloured lithograph by Batelli after Ottavio Muzzi, c. 1843.
  • Two eyes as two sets of red and purple nested circles, with a downturned purple mouth. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Two eyes as two sets of red and purple nested circles, with a downturned purple mouth. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A woman in labour lying in bed with her eyes closed with the expectant father by the bedside holding her hand.
  • Eyes expressing an energetic character, according to Lavater's system of physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A woman with bulging eyes, expressing desire through her face. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • Movable models of human eyes (ivory and metal). Used for demonstration in the 17th and 18th centuries. Italian and French.
  • A woman covers her eyes as she steals the teeth of a hanged man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.
  • A woman covers her eyes as she steals the teeth of a hanged man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.
  • A woman covers her eyes as she steals the teeth of a hanged man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.
  • A soldier eyes a prostitute; the same soldier later suffers from syphilis or another sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph by Blas, 1936/1939.
  • Lot and his daughters find rest and begin to drink; Lot stares into one of his daughters' eyes. Engraving after A. Diepenbeeck.
  • A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).
  • Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.
  • A small case of false eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses. Made by W. Halford of London.