518 results filtered with: Characters and characteristics
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René Descartes: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30553i- Pictures
Jacobus de Cachiopin (?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1793, after A. van Dyck.
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.Date: c. 1793Reference: 31619i- Pictures
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Two heads of lions. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 31695i- Pictures
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Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27623i- Pictures
Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be incapable of tenderness, except in matters of religious devotion, but "incapable of what is properly called falsehood". Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31680i- Books
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The wonders of the little world: or, a general history of man. In six books. Displaying the various faculties, capacities, powers and defects of the human body and mind, In several Thousand most interesting Relations of Persons remarkable for Bodily Perfections or Defects: Such as, Strength and Beauty, Stature and Agility, &c. Or, for Weakness and Deformity, Dwarfishness or Unweildiness, &c. Or for extraordinary Virtues or Vices of the Mind: Such as, Piety and Benevolence, Patriotism and Domestic Affection, Generosity and Frugality, Friendship and Hospitality, Wisdom and Prudence, Chastity and Patience, Fortitude and Valour, Moderation and Temperance, Learning, Industry and Ingenuity, &c. Or, Profaneness and Persecution, Tyranny and Brutality, Avarice and Prodigality, Ingratitude and Treachery, Folly and Presumption, Adultery, Rage and Revenge, Cowardice and Pusillanimity, Gluttony and Drunkenness, Ignorance, Sloth and Stupidity, &c. Or for the uncommon Powers or Weakness of the Senses and Affections: As, the Memory, Sight, Feeling, Taste, Smelling, &c. And of Love and Hatred, Fear and Anger, Joy and Grief, Desire and Hope, Scorn and Envy, &c. Together with accounts of the invention of arts, the advancement of science; surprising escapes from death and dangers; Strange Discoveries of long-concealed Murders, And a vast Variety of other Matters equally curious. The Whole collected from the Writings of the most approved Historians, Philosophers and Physicians, of all Ages and Countries. Forming a By Nathaniel Wanley, late M. A. And Vicar of Trinity Parish, Coventry.
Wanley, Nathaniel, 1634-1680.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The wooden world dissected: in the character of a ship of war: As also, the characters of all the officers, From the captain to the Common Sailor; Viz. I. A Sea-Captain. II. A Sea-Lieutenant. III. A Sea-Chaplain. IV. The Master of a Ship of War. V. The Purser. VI. The Surgeon. Vii. The Gunner. Viii. The Carpenter. IX. The Boatswain. X. A Sea-Cook. XI. A Midshipman. XII. The Captain's Steward. XIII. A Sailor. By the author of the London-Spy
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: [1749]- Pictures
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Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30151i- Pictures
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John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30984i- Pictures
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Seven British politicians as statues on plinths inscribed with the names of ancient characters as well as their own names in abbreviation. Engraving, 1746.
Date: June 5th 1746Reference: 32807i- Pictures
Bearded man: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31635i- Pictures
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Ferenz Lupanschku, a characterful man who smokes hay. Engraving by J. van Sasse.
Date: [1721?]Reference: 3998i- Books
Your personality, introvert or extravert? / by Virginia Case.
Case, Virginia.Date: 1941- Pictures
A corpulent man with a stick; representing a traveller. Etching by R. Brichet, 1784, after J. F. de Göz.
Goez, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von, 1754-1815.Date: [1784]Reference: 2954107i- Books
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Micro-cosmography; or, a piece of the world characterized; in essays and characters.
Earle, John, 1600 or 1601-1665.Date: [1786]- Pictures
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The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.
Schlüter, Andreas, approximately 1660-1714.Date: 1789?Reference: 29012i- Pictures
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A Roman soldier throws a javelin over a dead body. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31704i- Books
The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature / Steven Pinker.
Pinker, Steven, 1954-Date: 2002- Pictures
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Nine ears. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31418i- Pictures
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H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30978i- Pictures
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Johann Reinhold Förster, naturalist and clergyman: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30246i- Pictures
A man looking downwards: sketch. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31658i- Pictures
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An ecstatic eye. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30819i- Pictures
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A man whose physiognomy expresses penetration, quickness, and a talent for communication. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28742i- Pictures
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The transfigured Christ. Drawing, c. 1788, after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: [1788?]Reference: 29759i