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Adriaan van Cattenburgh. Drawing, c. 1794. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Adriaan van Cattenburgh. Drawing, c. 1794.
- Date:
- c. 1794
- Reference:
- 30889i
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Description
Lavater writes of this portrait, "the eyes of Cattenburg diffuse their rays, those of Uitbogart [pictured on the same page of the book, see frame no. 9485L] collect them." They also harbour a "slight infusion of pretension", and "make advances" rather than remaining self-concerned
Published engraving contained in a chapter on eyes
Publication/Creation
[London], c. 1794.
Physical description
1 drawing : pencil
Lettering
Cattenburg
Bears number: 2
Notes
One drawing in a group of drawings apparently prepared under the supervision of Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) for the English edition of J.C. Lavater, Essays on physiognomy, trans. Henry Hunter, London 1789-1798
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30889i
Creator/production credits
Related to engraving published in Deutsche Acta eruditorum, 1727
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