File:Gradation de la tête de grenouille jusqu'au profil d'Apollon d'après les idées du célébre Lavater.jpg

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Description Engraving published by Charles Bance and Joubert Fils, Paris, after Lavater. Broadside consisting of 24 profiles illustrating the continuous transformation of a head of a frog into that of the Apollo Belvedere. The idea is that the facial angle expresses the level of civilization of a living creature, from the horizontal angle of the frog's head to the vertical angle of the ideal human [1]. British Muesum n° 2010,7054.5
Date between 1804 and 1810
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source British Museum.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author after Christian von Mechel
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