Giambattista della Porta - Physiognomy

Giambattista della Porta was an Italian Scholar in the 16th and 17th century who wrote a book titled De Humana Physiognomonia. One of his contributions was a study of physiognomy which was the basis for later theories. Among the people he influenced was Johann Caspar Lavater.

Wikipedia Article.

Google Books result.

More images at the National Insitute of Health - Historical Anatomies on the Web.

More on the subject at Strange Science.

You can see more about them on Ebay.

The Pocket Lavater, Or, The Science Of Physiognomy: To Which Is Added An Inquiry Into The Analogy Existing Between Brute And Human Physiognomy, From The Italian Of Porta

Reading the Face: Understanding a Person's Character Through Physiognomy: A Spiritual-Scientific Study Physiognomy, the art of reading faces

Neoclassical Engravings

Hand colored neoclassical engravings. Don't know what period. You can see more about them on Ebay.

French Neo-Classical Drawings 1750 - 1825. Exhibition, Louvre Museum. Dessins Francais de 1750 - 1825. Le neo-classicisme.

Visions of Antiquity: Neoclassical Figure Drawings

Charles-Antoine Jombert and Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Venus, Study of Eyes

Two studies of hands

Proportions of Laocoon, proportions of the gladiator

Charles-Antoine Jombert was a bookseller who was closely associated with Charles-Nicolas Cochin from the time of his youth. Here is a link to an abstract of Charles-Antoine Jombert (1712-1784). Un libraire entre sciences et arts = Charles-Antoine Jombert (1712-1784), a bookseller for both science and the humanities by C. Bousquet-Bressolier. He published Catalog of the work of Nic Ch. Cochin. This is a link the title page.

A description of their relationship appears in French engravers and draughtsmen of the XVIIIth century By Lady Emilia Francis Strong Dilke.

Alibris has modern reprints.

I guess the images are prints of the work of Cochin that were published by Jombert. See them on Ebay

Detail of proportions of the Gladiator de Borhese

 Proportions of the Hercules Commode

Proportions of the Hercules Farnese

Edward Comly Trego

Drawings by Edward Comly Trego, early 20th Century artist. See them on Ebay, the one to the right is from the website LiveAuctioneers.

Another image at Ivey - Selkirk Auctioneers.

More from LiveAuctioneers.

Hands, Feet, Eyes, Ears, Mouth

18th Century Flemish red chalk study of hands, feet, eye, ears and a mouth. See it on Ebay.

Drawing Hands & Feet: Form, Proportions, Gestures and Actions (Art of Drawing)

How to Draw the Eye Realistically