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  • Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
  • Photograph: `Phrenology', a ceramic head
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • The human head, divided according to the system of phrenology. Coloured lithograph by C. Ingrey, 1824.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Oil painting by Theodore Lane, 182-.
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Oil painting by Theodore Lane, 182-.
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Coloured lithograph after T. Lane, c. 1825.
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Coloured lithograph after T. Lane, c. 1825.
  • A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A phrenologist examining a man's characterful head. Lithograph.
  • A phrenologist working on the head of a boy. Watercolour painting by J. Leech.
  • A phrenologist working on the head of a boy. Watercolour painting by J. Leech.
  • Coombe's synopsis of phrenology : for the use of practical phrenologists.
  • Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and numbered according to Gall's system of phrenology. Engraving, 1806.
  • Three perspectives of a skull, sectioned and numbered according to Gall's system of phrenology. Etching by Mutlow.
  • A head divided into 35 cells representing human faculties. Woodcut, 1888, after M. Mihara.
  • Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • A phrenologist examines two skulls from his collection. Reproduction of an etching by H. Daumier.
  • Bazile and Bartolo, characters from a story by Beaumarchais, representing the phrenological 'propensity' of secretiveness. Steel engraving by Geoffroy, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Human skull: frontal view. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • A smartly dressed woman examining the head of a military man. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, ca 1830.
  • A smartly dressed woman examining the head of a military man. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, ca 1830.
  • Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.