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  • A man's face inclined forward, expressing compassion. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • Sixteen faces expressing the human passions. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after C. Le Brun.
  • Mercier, an architect. Drawing, c. 1793, after J. Morin.
  • The face of a man in a state of anger. Engraving by J. Tinney, ca. 1730/1740, after C. Le Brun.
  • A young man in caricature, the features of his face bunched up into a small area. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.
  • The infant John the Baptist. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
  • Eight physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki and C. Le Brun.
  • Lucas Vorsterman, the engraver: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791, after A. van Dyck.
  • Statues of an apostle and Christ (?). Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A bust showing a phlegmatic-sanguine temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Two outlines of faces expressing admiration (left) and astonishment (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Two faces: one expressing extreme despair (left), the other anger mixed with rage (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • Outline of a face in extreme pain (left); a woman's head, showing admiration. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • An old woman wearing spectacles; representing the sense of sight. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • A face with hair on end expressing despair. Crayon Manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • The head of a frog, in the fourth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Six heads of dogs. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A bearded old man; representing old age. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
  • Eyes expressing an imperious and passionate character, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.
  • A man with a nose indicating reflectiveness (according to Lavater). Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be gentle but mediocre. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Two faces expressing dejection. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded man glowering with jealousy (left) and a man expressing jealousy or hatred. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) scorn, laughter, acute pain, desire, anger, sadness. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.
  • Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Desiderius Erasmus. Drawing, c. 1792, after H. Holbein.