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Heads and faces, and how to study them : a manual of phrenology and physiognomy for the people / by Nelson Sizer and H.S. Drayton.
Sizer, Nelson, 1812-1897.Date: 1885- Books
Making faces : physiognomy and fashion in eighteenth-century England / Roy Porter.
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.Date: 1985- Books
Physiognomy in the European novel : faces and fortunes / by Graeme Tytler.
Tytler, Graeme, 1934-Date: [1982], ©1982- Pictures
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A young man in caricature, the features of his face bunched up into a small area. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.
Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792.Date: 1776Reference: 34706iPart of: Fisonomie possibili- Books
La fabrique du visage : de la physiognomonie antique à la première greffe : avec un inédit de Duchenne de Boulogne / sous la direction de François Delaporte, Emmanuel Fournier et Bernard Devauchelle.
Date: 2010- Books
Die Entwickelung der menschlichen und thierischer Physiognomien / von Wilhelm His.
His, Wilhelm, 1831-1904.Date: [1892]- Books
The human face / John Liggett.
Liggett, John.Date: 1974- Pictures
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Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
Date: 1824Reference: 35100i- Videos
Saving face.
Date: 2013- Books
The Faces of physiognomy : interdisciplinary approaches to Johann Caspar Lavater / edited by Ellis Shookman.
Date: [1993], ©1993- Pictures
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Outlines of twelve faces in profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28739i- Books
[Review of: A system of practical and scientific physiognomy, or, How to read faces / by Mary Olmsted Stanton. Philadelphia ; London : A. Davis, 1890].
Date: 1890- Pictures
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Frontispiece to an English edition of Charles Le Brun's 'Expressions of the passions of the soul' (left); a face expressing attention. Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 32338i- Pictures
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Head of a man endowed, according to Lavater, with the capacity for profound thought. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 30047i- Pictures
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Thirteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29019i- Pictures
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Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31692i- Pictures
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Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31698i- Pictures
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A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.
Date: 1810Reference: 31826i- Pictures
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Ten faces expressing the human passions. Engraving by Barlow after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 34135i- Pictures
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Ten faces expressing the human passions. Engraving by Barlow after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 34133i- Pictures
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Sixteen faces expressing the human passions. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1821, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: [1821]Reference: 34246i- Pictures
Two outlines of faces showing violent movement. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: [1713]Reference: 33601i- Pictures
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A man's face inclined forward, expressing compassion. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1732Reference: 33156i- Pictures
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Fourteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29022i- Pictures
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Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28797i