518 results filtered with: Characters and characteristics
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Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 30982i- Books
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Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713.Date: M.DCC.XXIII. [1723]
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Head of a youth. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30146i- Pictures
Eight likenesses of Socrates. Two drawings, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28697i
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Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: 1791?Reference: 29478i
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An ideal head, yet according to Lavater, destitute of character. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 30010i- Books
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Mars stript of his armour or, The army display'd in all its true colours. Containing the characters of I. An army in general. II. A regiment, or battalion. III. A captain-general. IV. A lieutenant-general. V. A major-general. VI. A brigadier-general. VII. A colonel. VIII. A lieutenant-Colonel. IX. A major. X. A captain of the guards. XI. An aid de camp. XII. A partizan. XIII. A spy. XIV. A captain. XV. A lieutenant. XVI. An ensign. XVII. An adjutant. XVIII. A quarter-master. XIX. The chaplain of a regiment. XX. The surgeon. XXI. A serjeant. XXII. A grenadier. XXIII. A private centinel. XXIV. A provost. By a lover of the mathematicks.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1709
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Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29009i
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A physiognomy exemplifying what Lavater calls the 'homogeneity' of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29410i- Pictures
The face of a great character expressing great affliction, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793, after C. Le Brun or D.N. Chodowiecki.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1793?Reference: 31613i
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A phrenologist examines two skulls from his collection. Reproduction of an etching by H. Daumier.
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879.Reference: 16220i
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A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.
Debacq, Charles-Alexandre, 1804-1853.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 16178i
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Five profiles exhibited for their noses. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30947i- Pictures
The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31520i
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John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.Date: c. 1789Reference: 28750i
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Phrenological propensities: language, ideality, wit, imitation and approbation, comparison; illustrated by foul-mouthed fishwives, a man imagining ghosts, a woman tricked in a churchyard, Mathews mimicking a phrenologist's lecture, a tall thin man passing a short fat woman. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 August 1826Reference: 11841iPart of: Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
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Christ talking to two men who, according to Lavater, show physiognomic traits of 'sensuality'. Drawing, c. 1789, after H. Holbein.
Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543.Date: c. 1789Reference: 28696i
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Twelve sketches of eyes. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31765i
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A woman engaged in reflection. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: 1794?Reference: 30224i- Books
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A lecture on heads, written by George Alexander Stevens, with additions by Mr. Pilon; as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewis, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden, and in various Parts of the Kingdom. To which is added An essay on satire.
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.Date: [1787]
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Charles Étienne Bonnet, the Swiss naturalist and philosopher: profile. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: c. 1794Reference: 30659i- Pictures
Two skulls of monkeys. Grey wash drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29236i
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A girl's eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30710i
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Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.
Date: 1806Reference: 27670i- Pictures
Honoré d'Urfé: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31608i