Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniß und Menschenliebe
Lavater's Physiognomische Fragmente, published in Leipzig and Winterthur from 1775 by Weidmanns Erben und Reich, is a study of facial character aimed at readers wanting to judge people by their features. Its pictures are oval-framed black silhouettes in profile, printed as solid dark shapes against pale paper, showing varied hairstyles, collars and jaw lines that a designer could use as stark, simplified portrait shapes.
