The head of Apollo, his physiognomy having metamorphosed from that of a frog. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

  • Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
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The head of Apollo, his physiognomy having metamorphosed from that of a frog. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The creature has now metamorphosed through 21 stages of the full 24

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour ; image 7.7 x 6.2 cm

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Bears number in Lavater's hand: 21

Notes

One of seven works in this series in the Wellcome Library

References note

Otto Baur, Bestiarium humanum, Munich 1974, p. 56-7

Reference

Wellcome Collection 34718i

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Baur (op. cit.) suggests that the design (which in its full version includes 24 stages), which is a reworking of a series of 12 frontal physiognomies in the 1778 publication of the 'Fragmente' is much influenced by Petrus Camper's similar designs made in the intervening years

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