Two men exhibiting postures which express their character: on the left a man of 'brutal sensibility', on the right, a miser. Drawing by D.N. Chodowiecki, c. 1789.

  • Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.
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c. 1789
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28695i
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Two men exhibiting postures which express their character: on the left a man of 'brutal sensibility', on the right, a miser. Drawing by D.N. Chodowiecki, c. 1789. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the text Lavater comments on the inaccuracy of the drawing: the eyes of the miser should have been smaller

Publication/Creation

[London], c. 1789.

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 28695i

Creator/production credits

Chodowiecki is credited as designing and engraving this image, so we may infer that this is by his hand

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