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Johann Kaspar Lavater
178718th-19th century
38.2 cm x 31.3 cm (15 1/16 in. x 12 5/16 in.)
William Blake (London, 1757 - 1827, London) Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Engraving
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.1222
Object Description:
Blake trained and was first active as a conventional reproductive engraver. This print is of special interest because of the sitter’s identity and the impression’s quality. Lavater was a Swiss theologian better known for his writings on physiognomy – the interpretation of personality from facial characteristics. Blake records his traits in a fashionable Neoclassical profile, made distinctive by its large scale and severe modeling. Vivid, the impression is an apparently unique proof before letters.
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