Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist and theologian, c1830. Artist: Delpech

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Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist and theologian, c1830. Physiognomy is the art of reading psychological traits from physical characteristics. Lavater (1741-1801) attempted to make Physiognomy a science.

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