Two human profiles in outline, joined by lines; showing their mutual appropriateness for friendship. Drawing, c. 1789.

Date:
1789?
Reference:
29328i
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Description

"Two judicious men, of eminent talents, who notwithstanding the extreme difference of their features, are united by the ties of the most tender friendship" (Lavater, p. 204). Lines mark the proportions and correspondances between the two profiles, whose friendship is explained by their harmony

Publication/Creation

[London], 1789?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

Reference

Wellcome Collection 29328i

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