Line engraving of a single eye with a curved eyebrow on a white page with a bordered frame and running header.

Engraved eye and eyebrow, plate XXVII from Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy

A single engraved plate showing a pencil-like line drawing of a closed or half-lowered eye beneath a sweeping eyebrow, set in a bordered white page. A running header reads XXVII and Vol. III, p. 346, with a small dotted ground and no other figures or setting.

Artist: Johann Kaspar Lavater
Date: 1804
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2478 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1804.
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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