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  • Progression of a woman through the ages of fifty to a hundred. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A woman paying mild attention to something. Drawing, c. 1794, after N. Poussin.
  • Head of the Apollo Belvedere statue in the Vatican. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • A woman (possibly intended to be African) with pouting lips in elaborate head gear. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776 (?), after himself.
  • Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Pencil drawing.
  • The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
  • A man stirring his broth contemplates his injured head which he holds with his hand. Mezzotint by A. Huffam, 1826, after M.W. Sharp.
  • Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.
  • Grau: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.
  • Progression of a man through the ages of fifty to a hundred. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Judith and her maid put the head of Holofernes into a bag. Engraving by A. Smith.
  • A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • A man whose physiognomy expresses penetration, quickness, and a talent for communication. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • The brain, after Haller and Ridley. Engraving, 18th century.
  • Skulls: above, diagrams demonstrating the proportions of the human skull; below, four views of the skull. Line engraving after G. de Lairesse.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Skulls of twenty-one animals. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • David holds the head of Goliath; soldiers dressed in contemporary uniform stand by. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after himself, 1609.
  • Progression of a man through the ages of infancy to the age of fifty. Engraving, c. 1794.
  • Balthazar Bekker: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Head showing the 'convolutions' (lobes) of the brain. Pen drawing after R. W. Reid.
  • The death mask of William Palmer, the poisoner. Lithograph after M. Krantz, c. 1860.
  • The death mask of William Palmer, the poisoner. Lithograph after M. Krantz, c. 1860.
  • Tiberius Dominikus Wocher: portrait. Drawing, c. 1791, after T.D. Wocher.
  • Head of an angel. Drawing, c. 1791, after G. Reni.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties, accompanied by a key. Coloured lithograph, c. 1875, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • Heads of a fox, a wolf and a weasel. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • John Dryden: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.