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Lithograph plate with rows of bull heads above, and a lion head, horse head and bull head below, in soft grey shading on cream paper.

A series of lithographic drawings illustrative of the relation between the human physiognomy and that of the brute creation / From designs by Charles Le Brun: with remarks on the system. [Anon].

A lithographic plate on a cream page shows animal heads in graphite-like tones. Across the top, six bulls or oxen stand in a row, with the front view of two at right; below, a lion's head with a full mane, a horse's head in profile, and a bull's head in side view. The drawings are soft, shaded studies of animal physiognomy.

Artist
Jacques Guillaume Legrand
Date
1827
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3088 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1827.
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

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