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  • Outlines of twelve faces in profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Four heads of birds: a swan, a polyphemus, a wild duck and a pelican. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A woman whose physiognomy expresses (according to Lavater) weakness, affectation and languor. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century, after J.M. Schmutzer.
  • The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • The death mask of Charles Talleyrand, the French statesman. Lithograph, c. 1860, after M. Krantz.
  • A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
  • Plato. Drawing after Raphael, ca. 1793.
  • Two heads demonstrating bandaging techniques. Etching by J. Bell.
  • A face expressing ardent attention. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Raphael: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Saint John the Baptist: Salome holding his severed head on a charger. Etching by F. Huot, 1787, after P. Bordone.
  • Observationes medico-practicae de affectibvs capitis internis et externis : Nunc demum publici juris redditæ. Studio et opera nepotum, Bernhardini Wepferi ... et Georgii Mich. Wepferi / [Johann Jakob Wepfer].
  • Christ talking to two men who, according to Lavater, show physiognomic traits of 'sensuality'. Drawing, c. 1789, after H. Holbein.
  • Head of a stag. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Saint Cecilia, a bishop, Saint John and Saint Paul. Drawing, c. 1794, after Raphael.
  • Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême. Drawing, c. 1793, after J. Morin.
  • A profile of a man interpreted by Lavater to be indolent, idle, and a drunkard. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Augustus Caesar: profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A smartly dressed woman examining the head of a military man. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, ca 1830.
  • A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.
  • The brain, after Haller and Ridley. Engraving by Prevost, 1762.
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.
  • Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • Profile of a man displaying a choleric temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Four physiognomies. Drawings, c. 1789.
  • Judith decapitating Holofernes with a sword. Line engraving by C. Galle after P.P. Rubens.
  • Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological 'faculties'. Etching after O.S. Fowler (?).