Philip the Bold

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Design for a plate to J. C. Lavater’s, ‘Essays on Physiognomy’, trans. Henry Hunter, London 1789–1798, vol.III.ii., facing p.371. In the text, Lavater writes: ‘If this form of face is not expressive, we must forever despair of finding one that is so. With such a nose, a man possesses a sense of his own energy, and enjoys the sense of it, nearly as one perfectly in health enjoys that blessing, without paying attention to it’.

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

Philip the Bold

Date

c.1794

Medium

pencil & wash on paper (?)

Measurements

H 17.2 x W 17.1 cm

Accession number

30950i

Acquisition method

presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome

Work type

Drawing

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