Physiognomy made easy : scientific and anatomical character reading from the face / by Annie Isabella Oppenheim.

  • Oppenheim, Annie Isabella.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1910]
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Credit: Physiognomy made easy : scientific and anatomical character reading from the face / by Annie Isabella Oppenheim. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTROL and IA closed mouth with com- C 0 OLN ESS. jpressed lips drawn backwards. CURIOSITY.—The nose. Its length out- ward from the lip to the tip; horizon- tally. CRITICISM.—Fulness in the centre of the forehead. DELICACY.—-Regular, clearly-defined, small features. Lips especially. DESIRE TO LOVE.—Narrow, square chin. Full, brown eyes. DISCERNMENT.—Deep-set eyes. Straight eyebrows close to the eyes. DISSATISFACTION.—When the under-lip is drawn backward, and a little down- ward. DISTINCTION (Love of).—Indicated by the muscle which passes from near the inner angle of the eye to the upper lip, causing it when the muscle is strong to curl slightly upwards. This muscle will also elevate the wing of the nostril, causing wrinkles on the side of the nose. Head always held erect and rather backward.