A Little Duck (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3083aecd-ff2f-429a-a456-178c045d2a68

#metaphor #shadows #victorian #physiognomy #ducks #art #publicdomain

A Skeleton (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/266517ba-a7d6-4927-af1b-9af276a2c8a2

#duality #shadows #victorian #mortality #character #skeletons #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4

#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586).

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/140d90d1-06aa-40b5-a3a4-2860b7976104

#bulls #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

An Extinguisher (1856) by Charles H. Bennett, from Shadows.

Source: Harvard University

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/48bdd12c-2296-4ea4-92af-f8208cc58359

#shadows #victorian #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e6cdee83-de0b-4918-bb60-e9a181c5dbde

#portraiture #portraits #morphing #frogs #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Self Portrait, Yawning (ca. 1783) by Joseph Ducreux.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba38fab8-99fc-42cf-b5f4-522a3dc408c3

#emotions #gesture #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

From Analyzing Character, the New Science of Judging Men: Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life (1917).

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76ac1c43-a64e-496d-8a7b-25bd40556fb6

#hands #gesture #pianos #communication #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Giambattista della Porta, from De humana physiognomonia (1586).

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ea8f2c60-9071-4e07-9471-d3e899267f9f

#beaks #noses #birds #faces #physiognomy #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Christian von Mechel, from Stufe vom Frosch zum Apoll (ca. 1785).

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/aba218e5-87e1-4804-a172-9dc4c0d4e5fa

#apollo #portraiture #portraits #morphing #sequential #aesthetics #physiognomy #art #publicdomain