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  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • 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.
  • Head of a boy. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Head of John the Baptist as a youth. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • The head of a man composed of writhing nude figures. Oil painting by F. Balbi.
  • Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.
  • A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Outlines of faces: the left-hand pair expressing good judgment, the right-hand pair weakness of mind. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Sarawak: decorated human skulls hanging in a Kayan house. Photograph.
  • An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Thirteen physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A phrenologist at work on a girl, surrounded by members of her family. Engraving by C. Rolls after E. Sharpe, c. 1830.
  • Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Human skull: frontal view. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Head and shoulders of a man, seen from the left, showing the muscles of the neck, chest and shoulder. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.
  • The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.
  • An écorché face weeping, showing the muscles involved. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • Heads of leopards, lions, and a sheep. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Joseph Millot Severn, a British phrenologist, examining a boy. Colour process print, c. 1929.
  • An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A human head dissected: "In memoriam". Acrylic painting by R. Ennis, 2001.
  • Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.
  • Child's head with large temporal lobes and depressed frontal lobe. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • A man whose face expresses, according to Lavater, a great capacity for discernment. Drawing, c. 1794.