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Design for a plate to J. C. Lavater’s, ‘Essays on Physiognomy’, translated by Henry Hunter, London, 1789–1798, vol.III.ii., facing p.332. Meditation and ‘good nature’ are qualities immediately readable from this face, according to Lavater in a section on Bonnet.
Title
Charles Etienne Bonnet, the Swiss Naturalist and Philosopher
Date
c.1794
Medium
pencil on paper (?)
Measurements
H 11.7 x W 9.7 cm
Accession number
30659i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Drawing