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Design for a plate to J. C. Lavater’s, ‘Essays on Physiognomy’, translated by Henry Hunter, London 1789–1798, vol.III.ii., facing p.350. Lettering from top left to right, bottom left to right. Lavater analyses each eye. Briefly, one ‘shows force, candour and goodness’, in two ‘the upper part is more expressive than the under’; three reveals ‘an energetic fool’; four ‘loves, believes, hopes and suffers: he has the power of concentrating different faculties toward one and the same point’.
Title
Four Eyes
Date
c.1794
Medium
pencil on paper (?)
Measurements
H 12.3 x W 16.8 cm
Accession number
30828i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing
Wellcome Collection
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