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Artist: Thomas Holloway
Medium: Etching
Skulls - The Physiognomy - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Skulls is an etching realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. Good conditions. Johann Caspar Lavater was a swiss theologian and philosopher known throughout Europe for his studies on physiognomy. Following the physiognomy tradition of Della Porta and of many Renaissance and Baroque philosophers, he believed that the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their “lines of countenance" i.e. tracing a profile outline portrait. Being able to "read outside" was the key to "know the inside". Lavater's thought largely influenced Art in the late 18th and early 19th century, as in the case of Johann Fuseli and William Blake (who realized two etchings for Lavater's English edition of his Essay). Lavater was convinced that he could show his theories by analyzing the portraits of some of the main historical figures of the past, in some cases taken from paintings or (mainly for antiquity...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of men and women - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of men and women is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway after Lebrun and Chodowiecki, for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays...
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The Physiognomy - Skulls - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Skulls is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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The Physiognomy - The Bats - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Bats is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portraits - The Physiognomy - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits , original Etching, 1810. The Physiognomy - The Noses is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designe...
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Attitudes of the Prussian Military - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Attitudes of the Prussian Military is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to...
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Portrait of Clemency - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Clemency is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Etching

Portrait of Man While Writing - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man while writing is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Historical Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Woman is an original artwork realized for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of...
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The Physiognomy - The Owl and the Peacock - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The owl and peacock is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge...
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Portrait After Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowled...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Etching

Reactions to Death - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Reactions to Death is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind",...
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Portrait of Julius Caesar - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Julius Caesar is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Know...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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A portrait of Charles Etienne Bonnet
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas Holloway, 1794. Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 3/4 x 8 inches (246 x 201 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light discoloration throughout the sheet. As...
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Late 18th Century English School Etching Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper

The Profiles of Noblemen - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Profiles of Noblemen is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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The Portraits of Masters - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Portraits of Masters is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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Physiognomy - Profiles of Men - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The physiognomy - Profiles of Men is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and...
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Profiles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The portrait after Raphael is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Physiognomy - Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", L...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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The Physiognomy - The Eyes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 181
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Eyes is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Head - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Head - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Horses - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is an etching realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. Good conditions. Johann Caspar Lavater was a swiss theologian and philosopher known throughout Europe for his studies on physiognomy. Following the physiognomy tradition of Della Porta and of many Renaissance and Baroque philosophers, he believed that the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their “lines of countenance" i.e. tracing a profile outline portrait. Being able to "read outside" was the key to "know the inside". Lavater's thought largely influenced Art in the late 18th and early 19th century, as in the case of Johann Fuseli and William Blake (who realized two etchings for Lavater's English edition of his Essay). Lavater was convinced that he could show his theories by analyzing the portraits of some of the main historical figures of the past, in some cases taken from paintings or (mainly for antiquity...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Physiognomy - The Hand - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Hand is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Physiognomy - The Hands - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Hands is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. Signed on the plate on the lower left. Good conditions with minor foxing. With notes and etching of hands...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Etching

Arm of a Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Arm of a Man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Londo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Hands - The Physiognomy - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Thomas Holloway, Hands, Etching on paper, hand watercolored, 1810, is an artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote t...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and th...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Robert Arnauld - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Robert Arnauld is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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Noses - The Physiognomy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Thomas Holloway, Noses, original Etching, 1810. The Physiognomy - The Noses is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiogn...
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Portrait of Shakespeare, Sterne and Clarke-Original Etching by T.Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Shakespeare, L. Sterne and S. Clarke is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowle...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Etching

Portrait of the Rustick Socrates - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the Rustick Socrates Kleinjogg is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Know...
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Gentlemen - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Gentlemen is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, ...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Surviving - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Surviving is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway after P. Mignard for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and th...
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Silhouette - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Silhouette is an etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, ...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Physiognomy - The Ears - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Ears is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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A Drunk Man - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
A Drunk Man is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the...
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Salomé - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Salomé is an original etching on paper realized by Thomas Holloway After H. Fussli in 1810. Good Conditions. The Artwork is Depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced compo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Physiognomy of Feelings - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy of Feelings is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the L...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio - Original Etching by T. Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bentivoglio is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowle...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Etching

Attention - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Attention is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", L...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Profiles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Profiles is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Lo...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Erasmus - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Erasmus is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of M...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Profiles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Profiles is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, B...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Quesnoy - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Quesnoy is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge ...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Daily Life Scene - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Daily life scene is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge a...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Erasmus - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Eyes and Eyebrows - The Physiog - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Eyes and Eyebrows - The Physiognomy is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowled...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Lo...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Caricature of Lord Anson - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Caricature of Lord Anson is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Heads of Women - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Heads of women is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Lon...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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The Physiognomy- Insects - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Insects is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Lov...
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1810s Post-Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Voisin and Henault - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Voisin and Henault is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love o...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Portrait of Man after Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The portrait of man after Raphael is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Attitudes - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Attitudes is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, ...
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Portrait of M...after Raphael - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of M...after Raphael is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway (1748 - 1827). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the ...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Three Grotesque Characters - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Three Grotesque Characters is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of M...
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1810s Old Masters Etching Figurative Prints

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Profile of a Woman - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of men and women is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway after Cozens for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledg...
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1810s Modern Etching Figurative Prints

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Grotesque Scene - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Grotesque Scene is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", Lo...
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Desperation - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Desperation is an original artwork realized for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. This artwork portrays a historical woman...
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