The passions of the soul, and the anatomy of the human face, delineated in a series of twenty-four chalk engraved heads. By Henry Singelton, Esq. and engraved by Charles Knight... London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, and to be had of all the booksellers in the United Kingdom, 1815. A collection of 16 engraved prints, in crayon-manner, with etching; plate-marks averaging 33 x 24 cm., printed to sheets of 49 x 35 cm. With wear to margins of four sheets, not affecting prints. Titles being Admiration, Attention, Compassion, and Maternal attention (dated March 1 and corresponding to Abbey 188, nos. 1-4); Veneration, Meditation, Sympathy, and Rapture (April 1; Abbey, nos. 6-8); Solicitude, Pain, Pleasure, and Contempt (May 1; Abbey, nos. 9-12); and Supplication, Reverie, Inquiry, and Surprise (July 1; Abbey nos. 17-20). Accompanied by three sets of the original printed wrappers (disbound), with manuscript additions to front wrappers identifying them as numbers 2, 3, and 5, and with identical publisher's advertisements to rear wrappers.

  • Singleton, Henry (after); (Stubbs, George).
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S. and J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, and to be had of all the booksellers in the United Kingdom, 1815

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