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  • Head of woman showing musical ability, according to phrenological classification. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.
  • Antonius Triest, Bishop of Ghent. Drawing, c. 1789 after A. van Dyck.
  • Head of the Roman god Mars. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Seven physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Franz Joseph Gall examines the head of Louis-Philippe and finds bumps which indicate various virtuous qualities. Wood engraving, 1832.
  • John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
  • Knipperdolling, exhibited in Lavater's work on physiognomy as a 'famous and sanguinary fanatic'. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • Two women weeping over a prone figure. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.
  • Seven vignettes illustrating phrenological propensities: tune, covetiveness, secretiveness, size, firmness, time, weight; illustrated by an organ-grinder, a pick-pocket, an adulterer, the huge Daniel Lambert, a pavior with his rammer, a winged clock, a crown on a cushion. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
  • The eyes of a man; expressing, according to Lavater, greatness, prudence and courage. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Six vignettes illustrating phrenological propensities: hope, conscientiousness, veneration, cautiousness, benevolence, causality; illustrated by a dog anxious for scraps, a maid attempting a good price for her masters old clothes, an obese gourmand eying an enormous side of beef, a prim couple crossing a muddy road, a man being flogged, Liston acting the part of Paul Pry. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
  • Physiognomy showing a man trying to control himself under the duress of pain. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.
  • Two sketches of a man's head. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Child's head, with fat cheeks: profile. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Two heads of ancient Greek soldiers. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • A girl's eyes. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Johann Reinhold Förster, naturalist and clergyman: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Henri of Navarre, King of France shown in four imaginary poses. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Attila the Hun. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A face void of all discernible connection with temperament or expression. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Sixteen feet in profile, of women and men: a parody of phrenology. Coloured etching.
  • Head of a famous author. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • The eyes of a man; expressing, according to Lavater, a character upon which "you can easily impose, unless his imagination be heated by his uncommon vivacity". Drawing, c. 1794.
  • 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.
  • Head of a woman representing clemency. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • 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.