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Drawing for a plate facing p.218, vol.I., of the first English version of J. C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy' trans. Henry Hunter, London, 1789–1798. Lavater writes about this portrait: ‘You discover him, I say, in the eyes, in the space which separates them, in the nose and the mouth’.
Title
Laurence Sterne
Date
c.1789
Medium
pencil & grey wash on paper (?)
Measurements
H 8.8 x W 7.5 cm
Accession number
28735i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing