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  • A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties, accompanied by a key. Coloured lithograph, c. 1875, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • Diagram of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Coloured lithograph after T. Lane, c. 1825.
  • A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Head of woman showing musical ability, according to phrenological classification. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).
  • The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
  • Eight heads showing human passions. Etching by Taylor, 1788, after C. Le Brun.
  • Child's head, with fat cheeks: profile. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • The human brain, divided according to Bernard Hollander's system of phrenology. Process print with pen and ink, c. 1902.
  • Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The brain seen from the underside, sectioned horizontally; with attention to the part associated by Hollander's system of phrenology with memory for numbers. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • The phrenologist Bernard Hollander illustrating with his own head his system of cranial measurements. Photographs, c. 1902.
  • Head of a child with large cheeks. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
  • Head of a boy in profile, used to illustrate phrenological classifications of mental pathology.
  • A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by after M. de Vos.
  • Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • Three diagrams of the organisation of the lobes of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.