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  • Outlines of faces making mixed and contrary muscular movements (left) and sadness and dejection (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A boy weeping (left) and a man weeping (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Four diverging copies of a head by Raphael. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • A female face expressing desire. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.
  • Shwe-Maong, a man in Burma whose head and face are covered with hair. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after W.E. Reid.
  • A pair of eyes expressing the character of a solid thinker, unhurried, yet intrepid if required (according to Lavater). Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794.
  • Head of a turbaned man. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.
  • A pair of eyes expressing the character of a solid thinker, unhurried, yet intrepid if required (according to Lavater). Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794.
  • Four physiognomies. Drawings, c. 1789.
  • Four physiognomies. Drawings, c. 1789.
  • Head of a young man which, according to Lavater, expresses superior qualities. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A female face expressing admiration. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.
  • A face expressing rapture. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • A woman whose face expresses sadness. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A physiognomy expressing weakness and affectation. Drawing, c. 1789, after J.M. Schmutzer.
  • The face of a bearded man expressing anger. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A female face expressing admiration. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A woman lost in reflection: profile. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.
  • A woman engaged in reflection. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.
  • The face of a man experiencing fear. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • Fourteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Two faces (one outlined, the other of a long-haired youth) expressing esteem. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A weeping face (left) and a face expressing compassion (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be good and gentle. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A woman covers her nudity; but in vain, because her facial features, marked with numbered dots, allow us to interpret the hidden contours and shapes of her body (according a method attributed to Lavater). Coloured lithograph.
  • The face of an angry man. Drawing, 18th century (?), after C. Le Brun.
  • Face of a bearded man expressing anger. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A male face expressing moderate pain. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.