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A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression
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Caption | A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression. Drawing, c 1792. Appears in the book in a chapter on the four temperaments Lavater comments that "there are physiognomies one is tempted to denominate petrified [last word in italics]. Detached from society, they are susceptible of nothing, and with difficulty communicate themselves to others. Firm and unshaken, persons of this sort are neither good nor bad, neither sensible nor stupid; they may be said to have no temperament. They are more common in art than in life. You find them especially in copies and imitations, made after the antique. … Everything here is evidently fictitious, half nature, half art; I know not what to make of it". Created ca 1792. Physiognomy. Head. Face. Characters and characteristics. Contributors: Johann Caspar Lavater (1741–1801); Thomas Holloway (1748–1827); Charles Grignion (1721–1810). Work ID: hmpprk68. |
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Creator | see caption |
Artwork medium | pencil |
Credit | Wellcome Collection |
Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) |
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