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  • John Abernethy. 'The march of intellect'
  • Six examples of "the march of intellect". Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
  • John Abernethy, caricatured under "Physic", one of six scenes in "the march of intellect". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.
  • Science: a parody frontispiece to the Penny Magazine, with humorous representations of the "March of intellect" movement. Lithograph by G. Davies, 1832, after C.J. Grant.
  • A man whose face expresses, according to Lavater, a great capacity for discernment. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Head of a man whose physiognomy shows prudence and ingenuity. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman holds the sun in her hand; representing the faculty of understanding. Engraving, 16--.
  • A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman with a globe containing a face; representing the faculty of the will. Engraving, 16--.
  • An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
  • Head of a boy in profile, used to illustrate phrenological classifications of mental pathology.
  • Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Right profile of head with depressed frontal lobes, divided up to show the location of all the lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Alexander Walker, Intermarriage: or how and why
  • British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • The emblematic figure of a man representing secularisation, technical innovation, educational reforms and liberal politics in the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1830.
  • Three diagrams of the organisation of the lobes of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.
  • Bartholomew fair in London represented as a place where crowds of people watch entertainments inspired by the devil, and indulge in drunkenness and fighting; demons incite them to crime. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.
  • Ming herbal (painting): Longan
  • The painter Hugo van der Goes with onlookers and a group of choir boys singing. Wood engraving after E.C. Wauters.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • The human brain, divided according to Bernard Hollander's system of phrenology. Process print with pen and ink, c. 1902.
  • Poets composing verse under the influence of gases specific to particular genres, analogous to laughing gas. Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.
  • Ming herbal (painting): Horse