Essays on Physiognomy

[Euclides]

Essays on Physiognomy by the Swiss theologian Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801)

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipli...r/lav-intr.htm

[Euclides]

Essays on Physiognomy by the Swiss theologian Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 - 1801)

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipli...r/lav-intr.htm

I have found something '' familiar ''


''Fig. 10.-A profile rich in talents, uniting much taste with the finest dexterity of art. The ill-cut upper lip excepted, it is impossible for a physiognomonical eye to mistake this speaking shade. None who have studied men would wonder should we write under this, a good musician, miniature painter, or surveyor; or a companion equally pleasant and intelligent. Forehead, nose, chin, and general form, denote a mind capable of high cultivation, and a sense of the beautiful.''