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Skull: lateral view. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

A young man in caricature, the features of his face bunched up into a small area. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.

Head of an old man with a bandage laced through his hollow eye-sockets. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776.

A woman (possibly intended to be African) with pouting lips in elaborate head gear. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776 (?), after himself.

A woman with a long, vertical nose, wearing an elaborate hat and a fur hood. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776 (?), after himself.

Saint Jerome. Etching by B. Bossi, 1755.

An old woman with a crumpled face, wearing elaborate costume; a physiognomic caricature. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.

A man in profile; a physiognomic caricature. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A boy wearing a turban, looking downwards to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

A man with a very large, sloping forehead. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A boy with an exaggerated snub nose. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

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Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792

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A boy wearing a turban, looking downwards to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

A man in profile; a physiognomic caricature. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A man with a very large, sloping forehead. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A boy with an exaggerated snub nose. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.