Jean Conradin Heidegger, Bürgermeister of Zurich, on his death-bed. Drawing, c. 1789.

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c. 1789
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28752i
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Jean Conradin Heidegger, Bürgermeister of Zurich, on his death-bed. Drawing, c. 1789. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the text, Lavater suggests that if a dead man's face yields itself up to accurate physiognomical study, "independent of the play of features" in life, then "we shall have gone through every kind of proof which establishes [physiognomy as a science]"

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[London], c. 1789.

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1 drawing : pencil, with wash ; sheet 15.7 x 13.7 cm

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Wellcome Collection 28752i

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