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  • The head of a frog, in the early stages of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Skulls of twenty-one animals. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • An eye; according to Lavater, belonging to a German poet. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Progression of a man through the ages of infancy to the age of fifty. Engraving, c. 1794.
  • Balthazar Bekker: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Heads of a fox, a wolf and a weasel. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Nine noses. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Henri of Navarre, King of France shown in four imaginary poses. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • The head of an ostrich. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of a dog. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A married couple who have begun physically to resemble each other. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Four eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man whose physiognomy reveals a "sage, honorable, sprightly, judicious, profound, pious" character. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Three mouths with variously projecting lips. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Heads of hares, a goat, a boar, and an ass. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of the penitent Magdalene. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Adriaan van Cattenburgh. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Head of a woman expressing, according to Lavater, good sense and fidelity. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Six heads of birds: cocks, parrots and pigeons. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Head of the Roman god Mars. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Knipperdolling, exhibited in Lavater's work on physiognomy as a 'famous and sanguinary fanatic'. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Two women weeping over a prone figure. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • The eyes of a man; expressing, according to Lavater, greatness, prudence and courage. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Two sketches of a man's head. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Two heads of ancient Greek soldiers. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A girl's eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Johann Reinhold Förster, naturalist and clergyman: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.