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Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.
- Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
- Date
- ca. 1792
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Credit: Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.
Credit: Wellcome Collection.
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Description
Appears in the book in a chapter on the four temperaments
Lavater entitles this image "Melancholy of penetration". "Fear and distrust are the principal affections of an organisation so religious [last word in italics]; pardon me the expression"
Publication/Creation
[London], ca. 1792.
Physical description
1 drawing : pencil
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 29947i
Creator/production credits
"Thomas Holloway direxit" inscribed on published engraving
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