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Obstinacy

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  • An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • A youth whose physiognomy attests to unrefinability and obstinate weakness. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
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  • view A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
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    A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.

    Baptiste, Sylvestre, 1791-1859. | Date: [1828] | Reference: 29888i
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    The brain, sectioned vertically; showing the sites of some phrenological faculties. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

    | Date: 1901 | Reference: 28020i
  • view An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
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    • Online

    An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

    Bruyères, Hippolyte. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 27620i
  • view A youth whose physiognomy attests to unrefinability and obstinate weakness. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
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    A youth whose physiognomy attests to unrefinability and obstinate weakness. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

    Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801. | Date: c. 1789 | Reference: 29021i
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    Italy: a man tries to pull a reluctant donkey across a narrow wooden bridge over a stream. Etching by M. Ricci.

    Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729. | Date: [1730?] | Reference: 2925107i
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