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Engraved plate with four labeled studies of human heads showing strong facial expressions, under the heading Dessein, on cream paper.

Expressions of Emotion: Hate, Anger, Desire, Pain (Encyclopédie)

An etched plate of four male and female heads in profile and three-quarter view, each labeled Fig. 1 through Fig. 4 under the heading Dessein. Heavy hatching shapes furrowed brows, bared teeth and tousled hair, with a headscarf on one figure, against plain cream paper.

Artist
A. J. Defehrt
Date
1762/77
Medium
Etching with engraving on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2547 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1777).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Buckingham Book Appropriation