Johann Caspar Lavater: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.

Date:
1793?
Reference:
31636i
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Description

In the text accompanying the engraving, Lavater criticises the proportions of this design, assigning it the status of caricature; for an image he was happier about, see frame no. 9537

Publication/Creation

[London], 1793?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

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 31636i

Creator/production credits

Published engraving attributed to Rhodes

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