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Etching in three bands showing heraldic shields, rows of busts with varied expressions, and a lecturer addressing an audience seen from behind.

A fashionable lecturer demonstrates the art of physiognomy through reference to busts. Etching, 1765.

A black-and-white etching arranged in three bands: top row of small heraldic shields and figure vignettes, middle row of rows of carved busts with varied expressions and hats, bottom row of a lecturer in a coat gesturing toward busts before a seated audience seen from behind. The fine line work and dense crowding of heads give a satirical, instructive feel.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1765
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2509 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1765.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Conferencia de fisiognomía con bustos y paneles heráldicos, grabado de 1765

Un grabado en blanco y negro dividido en tres franjas: arriba, pequeños escudos heráldicos y viñetas de figuras; en el centro, hileras de bustos con expresiones y sombreros variados; abajo, un conferencista con abrigo que señala bustos ante un público sentado visto de espaldas. El trazo fino y la densidad de cabezas dan un tono satírico.

Português: Palestra de fisiognomonia com bustos e painéis heráldicos, gravura de 1765

Uma gravura em preto e branco organizada em três faixas: no alto, pequenos escudos heráldicos e vinhetas de figuras; no meio, fileiras de bustos com expressões e chapéus variados; embaixo, um palestrante de casaco apontando para bustos diante de uma plateia sentada vista de costas. O traço fino e a densidade de cabeças dão um tom satírico.