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Six numbered pencil sketches of animal heads on aged tan paper: dogs, a fox, a boar-like snout, and a grimacing monkey-like face.

Six heads of dogs, drawing c. 1789

Six pencil studies of animal heads are arranged in a grid on aged, tan paper, numbered one through six. They show a dog in profile, a long-snouted hound, a spaniel facing forward, a fox, a boar-like snout, and a grimacing monkey-like face with a wrinkled brow.

Artist
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Date
[1789?]
Medium
Pencil works Drawings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3187 × 4000 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