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  • A manual of anthropometry, or, A guide to the physical examination and measurement of the human body : containing a systematic table of measurements, an anthropometrical chart or register, and instructions for making measurement on a uniform plan / by Charles Roberts.
  • Twelve human profiles in outline, sectioned to show their disproportion. Drawing, c. 1794, after A. Dürer.
  • Human proportions: two figures. Drawing, 18--.
  • Brain of an African Bushwoman: two figures, each of a section of the brain. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
  • Fifteen contours of foreheads. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Brain of an African Bushwoman: two figures, views from the left and cross-section. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
  • Brain of an African Bushwoman: two figures, views from above and below. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
  • Twenty-five contours of irregular foreheads. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Gyri of the brain: three figures, one of a European, one of the "Hottentot Venus", and one of an African Bushwoman. Lithograph by E.M. Williams after H. Watkins, 1864.
  • Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
  • Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • An infant giant. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
  • Measurement of height of schoolchildren in India
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.