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Drawing for a plate facing p.119, vol.II.i, of the first English version of J. C. Lavater's 'Essays on Physiognomy' translated by Henry Hunter, London, 1789–1798. In applying the study of physiognomy to the animal world, Lavater asserts a ‘proportional difference of force and form... From the insect invisible to the naked eye, up to the elephant, is not the gradation of internal and external character perpetually in exact relation?’
Title
Five Heads of Horses
Date
c.1789
Medium
pencil on paper (?)
Measurements
H 20.3 x W 16.2 cm
Accession number
29158i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing & watercolour
Wellcome Collection
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