Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.

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1794?
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30947i
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Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the published text Lavater makes a comparison between the top three profiles as to their virtues. The bottom two, however, "approach to folly"; wherever an arch of the nose is exaggerated or lengthened, there can be found mental derangement

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[London], 1794?

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1 drawing : pencil

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Wellcome Collection 30947i

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