Bony structure that forms the skeleton of head in most vertebrates

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Skulls: the Gibralter Skull discovered in 1848. Neanderthal man.

Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.

Animal skull, shown from beneath, above and from the side. Lithograph by R. Ball, 1857.

The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.

Hair brain sculpture

A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

Le cre des criminels / par A. Debierre ... Ornde 137 figures dans le texte.

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Hair brain sculpture

A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

Le cre des criminels / par A. Debierre ... Ornde 137 figures dans le texte.

Hair brain sculpture