Physiognomical sketches by Lavater
Physiognomical sketches by Johann Caspar Lavater, published in London in 1802 by R.H. Westley and J. Luffman, is a book of pen-and-ink studies of human heads meant to illustrate the theory that character can be read from facial features. The pictures are fine, unshaded line drawings of men in profile and three-quarter view, with flowing hair and beards built from long, tapering strokes. A designer could borrow the economy of the contour line and the way hair and beard are rendered as rhythmic curves rather than solid masses.
