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An écorché face showing the state of the facial muscles during relaxation. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.

The Virgin Mary telling a young Saint John the Baptist to be quiet as the baby Jesus is sleeping. Engraving by E. Hainzelmann after Annibale Carracci.

Boer War: two aristocratic ladies in the grounds of a large house used as a military hospital at Rondebosch, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after Duffus Brothers.

Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.

Frontispiece to Le Brun's 'Passions' (left) and a face expressing tranquillity (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1698, after C. Le Brun.

A woman's face expressing desire (left) and a man's face expressing 'joy with tranquility' (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

Three faces: expressing desire (top) and peaceful joy (bottom left), and laughing (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.

Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) attention, admiration with astonishment, veneration, simple bodily pain, joy with tranquility, and admiration. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.

A woman with a viol; representing tranquillity as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving by T. Crueger after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.

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Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.

Faces expressing the passions and showing the muscles relation to expression, with an explanation of the art of 'pathognomy', the reading of facial expression. Etching, c. 1800.

Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) attention, admiration with astonishment, veneration, simple bodily pain, joy with tranquility, and admiration. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.

Boer War: two aristocratic ladies in the grounds of a large house used as a military hospital at Rondebosch, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after Duffus Brothers.

A woman with a viol; representing tranquillity as one of the virtues of Pope Paul V. Engraving by T. Crueger after G. Lanfranco, 1623, after G.L. Bernini.