A man whose portrait is analysed by Lavater for its temperament. Drawing, c. 1793.

Date:
1793?
Reference:
31545i
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Description

Lavater writes that the physiognomy is "melancholic-sanguine if we judge from the forehead, phlegmatic if we attend to the mouth". He adds that this design, and the others published on the same page, are "caricatures, I shall be told, and I admit it"

Publication/Creation

[London], 1793?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

Lettering

Bears number: 1

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31545i

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