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Engraving of a bearded man's lower face with curling hair and beard, drawn in fine hatched lines on a pale background.

Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.

An engraved illustration shows a man's face seen from below the nose, with a full, curling beard rendered in fine parallel hatching. The mouth is closed, and the beard's waves spill across the right side of the composition against a pale background.

Artist
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Date
1789-1798 [i.e. 1788-1799]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3477 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1799.
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: Estudio grabado de un rostro barbudo de la fisiognomía de Lavater

Una ilustración grabada muestra el rostro de un hombre visto desde debajo de la nariz, con una barba abundante y ondulada trazada con finas líneas paralelas. La boca está cerrada, y las ondas de la barba se extienden hacia el lado derecho sobre un fondo claro.

Português: Estudo gravado de um rosto barbudo da fisionomia de Lavater

Uma ilustração gravada mostra o rosto de um homem visto de baixo do nariz, com uma barba farta e ondulada desenhada em finas linhas paralelas. A boca está fechada, e as ondas da barba se estendem para o lado direito sobre um fundo claro.