Title

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist and theologian, early 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist and theologian, early 19th century. Physiognomy is the art of reading psychological traits from physical characteristics. Lavater (1741-1801) attempted to make Physiognomy a science. From an early 19th century English edition of Essays in Physiognomy by JK Lavater, translated by Thomas Holcroft (1744-1809).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B66_065

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,0Mb) / 12,5in x 15,5in / 3747 x 4661 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men religious country religion Switzerland science guy Christian Christianity Swiss location century B&W MONOCHROME psychology Theology 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive physiognomist physiognomy theologian Johann Kaspar Lavater engraving portrait Unknown Thomas Lavater Johann Kaspar Johann Caspar Lavater Thomas Holcroft Holcroft Thomas Holcroft engraving portrait