Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Active filters:

PhysiognomyReset filters
535 results
  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Designs of ears and eyes. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • Frau Gruniacula, a character with a grotesque face. Line engraving attributed to D. Custos.
  • Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • L'art de connaître les hommes par la physionomie ... / par M. Moreau.
  • 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.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.
  • The face of a man expressing simple bodily pain. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Thirteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • An eye; according to Lavater, belonging to a promising young man. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Ten faces expressing the human passions. Engraving by Barlow after C. Le Brun.
  • Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Female and male hands (above and below respectively). Drawing after H. Fuseli, c. 1793.
  • Two faces showing joy and laughter. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Nine mouths. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.
  • Twenty-four grotesque heads. Process print after L. Da Vinci.
  • An écorché face weeping, showing the muscles involved. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A frontal outline and a profile of faces expressing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.