The head of a frog, in the early stages of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

  • Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
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The head of a frog, in the early stages of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; image 8.1 x 6.7 cm

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Bears number in Lavater's hand: 2

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One of seven works in this series in the Wellcome Library

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Otto Baur, Bestiarium humanum, Munich 1974, pp. 56-7

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Wellcome Collection 34712i

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Baur (op. cit.) suggests that the design (including 24 stages in its full version), which is a reworking of a series of 12 frontal physiognomies in the 1778 publication of the 'Fragmente', is much influenced by Petrus Camper's similar designs made in the intervening years

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