The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.

Date:
1792?
Reference:
30037i
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The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Appears in the book in a chapter called "Of the strength and weakness of constitution"

Lavater writes that the head is as square as it should be for a man of strength (see frame no. 9442L)

Publication/Creation

[London], 1792?

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil

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Notes

One drawing in a group of drawings apparently prepared under the supervision of Thomas Holloway (1748-1827) for the English edition of J.C. Lavater, Essays on physiognomy, trans. Henry Hunter, London 1789-1798

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30037i

Creator/production credits

"Holloway direxit" inscribed on published engraving

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