Engraved plate with four labeled studies of heads showing varied facial expressions, hair and shoulders rendered in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Drawing: Expressions of Emotion, from Encyclopédie

An engraved plate of four head studies in three-quarter and profile views, each labeled with a figure number. The heads show upturned and downcast gazes, with hair falling in loose waves and drapery at the shoulders. Fine hatched lines model the faces on cream paper, with the title Dessein printed below.

Artist: A. J. Defehrt
Date: 1762/77
Medium: Etching with engraving on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2549 px

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

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