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Unknown (18th century): Portrait of Henricus Sacheverell, c. 1775, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: Inscribed below in the printing plate with the name of the sitter. The print is from Johann Caspar Lavater's Physiognomische Fragmente, zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniß und Menschenliebe. Between 1775 and 1778, he published the multi-volume work in which human characters are explained on the basis of their physiognomy. Well-known artists such as Daniel Chodowiecki, Johann Rudolph Schellenberg or Johann Heinrich Lips provided models for his collection of physiognomics, which contains numerous portraits of well-known and anonymous people. Date: c. 1775 Description: Portrait of a bust in quarter profile in an oval. Source: Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 Zurich-1801 Zurich) Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe, 1775 | Book, Genre Keywords: 18th century, Classicism, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 33,3 cm x 27,1 cm (13,1 x 10,7 in), Plate: 20,1 cm x 16,9 cm (7,9 x 6,7 in)