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  • A cow-doctor stands outside a rural cottage and points to an ailing cow, observed by its anxious owners. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after C. Tschaggeny, ca. 1860.
  • A man challenges another; exhibiting boldness, classed phrenologically under the 'propensity' of combativeness. Steel engraving by Contenau, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A fox and a wolf are fighting each other in a pit with a crowd of animals looking on. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • James Johnstone. Steel engraving by G.T. Doo after W.T. Roden, 1868.
  • A man with a large, protruding head walking with a heavy gait; illustrating the reflective faculty in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Bazile and Bartolo, characters from a story by Beaumarchais, representing the phrenological 'propensity' of secretiveness. Steel engraving by Geoffroy, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Royal pump room and colonnade, Bath: exterior. Steel engraving by W. Wallis, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • An introverted and an extroverted man; exhibiting excessive and lacking propensities connected with the faculty of causality (reflective thought) in phrenology. Steel engraving by E. Monnin, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The cathedral and literary institution from North Parade, Bath. Steel engraving by W. Wallis, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • A man visiting a health resort is covered with a sheet and lying on a wooden daybed, two men covered with sheets are standing before him; in the background a man with a sheet on his shoulders is filling up a glass with water. Etching, May 1870.
  • A large undercover market in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with stalls selling fruit and vegetables. Steel engraving by W. Collard after J. Dobson.
  • Three horses eating from a manger with two birds sitting on the hay. Steel engraving by E. Hacker after J. F. Herring.
  • A pet dog sitting and looking up with an expectant gaze. Steel engraving by C. G. Lewis after E. H. Landseer.
  • An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being sprayed with water coming from a stool on which he is trying to sit. Etching, 1869.
  • A bloodhound with a heavy collar is sitting next to a staircase. Steel engraving by C. G. Lewis after E. H. Landseer.
  • A well groomed itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a smart carriage. Steel engraving by K. Schüler (?) after F. Piloty.
  • A man visiting a health resort is bound and transported on a day bed by two men; bath tub in the background. Etching, May 1869.
  • A man on the staff of a health resort is pouring water in a bath tub in which a man covered with a sheet is seated. Etching, May 1870.
  • A fox is pleading before the lion dressed as king while an execution of a fox takes place outside. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • A man visiting a health resort is bound and transported on a day bed by two men; bath tub in the background. Etching, May 1869.
  • A cow-doctor stands outside a rural cottage and points to an ailing cow, observed by its anxious owners. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after C. Tschaggeny, ca. 1860.
  • Head of a deerhound. Steel engraving by C. G. Lewis after E. H. Landseer.
  • David playing his harp for a distraught Saul. Steel engraving by P. Vallot after A. Gros.
  • A woman in a large straw hat is tending two decorated oxen with bells in a yoke, which are drinking from the tank. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after E. H. Landseer.
  • A dog sitting on a tree trunk that bridges a river gazing at its own reflection. Steel engraving by C. Cousen after E. H. Landseer.
  • A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A man visiting a health resort is sitting in a steam box. Engraving, May 1869.
  • Brighton: the Queens Road, leading towards the sea with a view of the Eye Infirmary and the Dispensary. Steel engraving.