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Two skulls of monkeys. Grey wash drawing, c. 1789.
- Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
- Date
- c. 1789
- Reference
- 29236i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
In applying the study of physiognomy to the animal world, Lavater asserts a "proportional difference of force and form. ... From the insect invisible to the naked eye, up to the elephant, is not the gradation of internal and external character perpetually in exact relation?" (vol. II.i. p. 99)
Publication/Creation
[London], c. 1789.
Physical description
1 drawing : grey wash
Creator/production credits
Engraving in book attributed to Larkin How
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 29236i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores