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About faces: physiognomy in nineteenth-century Britain

by Sharrona Pearl

PhysiognomyFacial expressionFace perceptionGreat britain, social conditionsHistoryPhysiognomy--historyPhysiognomy--great britain--history--19th centuryFacial expression--history

When 19th century Londoners looked at each other, what did they see, and how did they want to be seen? Sharrona Pearl reveals the way that physiognomy, the study of facial features and their relationship to character, shaped the way that people understood one another and presented themselves.

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