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  • Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and numbered according to Gall's system of phrenology. Engraving, 1806.
  • Six heads of dogs. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • The heads of three hinds, one young male deer and a mature stag. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1798.
  • Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.
  • Head and neck: sagittal section. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.
  • Skull: Lateral view. Etching.
  • A man with a nose indicating reflectiveness (according to Lavater). Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • Profile of a man deemed by Lavater to be gentle but mediocre. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • H. Spiegel: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Phrenological head of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Muscles of the head. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.
  • Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).
  • Head of a youth whose face is difficult to analyse physiognomically. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Two sections of the brain, divided into different lobes and faculties, according to Hollander's system of phrenology. Pen drawing, c. 1902.
  • Desiderius Erasmus. Drawing, c. 1792, after H. Holbein.
  • Head of Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • Admiral Hyde: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Four designs of upper parts of faces, expressing different characters. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • The ear and the temple after Duverney, Valsalva and Ruysch. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Head of an old man with a bandage laced through his hollow eye-sockets. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776.
  • A man sitting erect on a chair; representing pride as a type of the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a phrenological 'faculty'. Steel engraving by C. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • An écorché face showing the muscles involved in the expression of terror. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • The upper body and head and ways of bandaging them. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.
  • Franz Joseph Gall leading a discussion on phrenology with five colleagues, among his extensive collection of skulls and model heads. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1808.
  • Four physiognomies expressing the propensity to command. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.