Idealized profile of Martha Hess, exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791, after J.H. Füssli.

[London], c. 1791.

1 drawing : graphite

Sitter's head draped with material, initialled "D.M.M. H.H.F" (Dis manibus Martha Hess Heinrich Füseli)

Drawing by Füssli of this subject for the English edition of Lavater sold at Christies, 9 July 1996. See catalogue: Christies, British drawings and watercolours, London 1996, p. 52

Wellcome Collection 29443i

Drawing possibly also by Füssli

A note inscribed on the published engraving reads: "If the author's criticism should to the English reader appear unfounded on comparing the text with the plate, he is informed that the designer of the original head claims the right of restoring his own lines, and leaves the engraving to the French edition in full possession of the censure"