New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 770.—Charles Edward Stuarj. Fig. 771.—Maky Queen of Scots. Wales, might serve for a likeness of George III. in his latest photographs of the former show this family resem-blance most Fig. 772.—QuEBx Victoria. Fig. 773.—Prince of Wales. The most observable, but not the only peculiarity, of theroyal physiognomy consists in a muscular fullness of the lower 558 TRANSMITTED PHYSIOGNOMIES part of the cheek. This peculiar feature can
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 770.—Charles Edward Stuarj. Fig. 771.—Maky Queen of Scots. Wales, might serve for a likeness of George III. in his latest photographs of the former show this family resem-blance most Fig. 772.—QuEBx Victoria. Fig. 773.—Prince of Wales. The most observable, but not the only peculiarity, of theroyal physiognomy consists in a muscular fullness of the lower 558 TRANSMITTED PHYSIOGNOMIES part of the cheek. This peculiar feature can be traced backnot only to the first monarch of the house of Brunswick Lu-nenburg, but to his mother, the Electress Sophia of Hanover;which shows that it did not come from the paternal line ofthe family, but more probably from the house of Stuart, of^vhich the Electress was an immediate descendant, bein<4granddaughter to King James I. There is reason to believe, a writer in The Book ofDays says, that common points of physiognomy in theStuart and Hanover families can be traced to a generationprior to the sovereign last mentioned, who is the common an-cestor. The writer, at least, must own that he has been verymuch struck by the resemblance borne by the recent portraitsof our present amiable sovereign to one representing PrinceCharles Ed
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