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    ‘A face demonstrating veneration or reverence and a face showing fear and terror.’

    Date
    1746
    Creator
    James Mynde (1710, British) , Engraver
    After
    James Parsons (1706, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    Tracts/CXXVII/4
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 185mm
    width (print): 307mm
    Subject
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    Description
    Illustration of a face showing reverence and a face showing fear or terror.

    Image 1- the upper lid of each eye is drawn up and the mouth partially opened creates an expression of veneration or reverence. The pupils are also turned upward.

    Image 2- The eye-brows are dragged upwards, and the eye-lids draw up and above the pupils and the lower jaw is pulled down to create an expression of terror. Parsons states that the eyes are opened wide so as to better observe the object of terror.

    Parsons makes reference to classical texts and poetry in the accompanying text; connecting the expressions he illustrates with scenarios in said literature.

    Plate 3 from Human Physiognomy Explain’d: In the Crounian Lectures on Muscular Motion by James Parsons FRS (London, C. Davis, 1746). Inscribed: ‘Tab .III. p.53. I. Ps MD. del. J.Mynde sc.'
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