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  • An ideal human head looking at something distant. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.
  • Idealized profile of Martha Hess, exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791, after J.H. Füssli.
  • Twelve human profiles in outline, sectioned to show their disproportion. Drawing, c. 1794, after A. Dürer.
  • Idealized profile of Martha Hess, exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791, after J.H. Füssli.
  • Two heads of ancient Greek soldiers. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Head of the Apollo Belvedere statue in the Vatican. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Head of the Virgin Mary. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Left profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • The head of Apollo, his physiognomy having metamorphosed from that of a frog. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Jakob Gujer, known as 'Kleinjogg' (or 'Chlijogg' - little Jacob), a rustic 'man of nature' who inspired the Romantics: profile. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Padmini, the Lotus lady: an excellent category of woman according to the Kama Sutra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.