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  • Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • 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.
  • The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • Esposición sumaria del sistema frenológico del doctor Gall / [José Ramón Pacheco].
  • The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.
  • The death mask of Charles Talleyrand, the French statesman. Lithograph, c. 1860, after M. Krantz.
  • A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
  • A smartly dressed woman examining the head of a military man. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, ca 1830.
  • A female brain, sectioned vertically: side view. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological 'faculties'. Etching after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • The brain seen from the underside, sectioned horizontally; with attention to the part associated by Hollander's system of phrenology with memory for numbers. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • Franz Joseph Gall. Line engraving by A. C. Reindel, 1841, after Baron C. J. W. K. J. Haller de Hallerstein.
  • Doctor Spurzheim in his consulting room measuring the head of a peculiar looking patient; a bemused barber looks on. Coloured aquatint by J. Kennerly, 1816, after R. Cocking.
  • Death mask of Martin, a parricide. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • William Battier and two officers of the Tenth Hussars having their heads examined by six phrenological practitioners. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1824.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • Three portraits shown for their phrenological exemplarity: Gall, Eustache and Chauffron. Lithograph by C. Picard, 1842, after J.P. Thenot.
  • New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings, together with the chart and character of / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.
  • A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • 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.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties, accompanied by a key. Coloured lithograph, c. 1875, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Diagram of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.
  • A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
  • An anxious man comparing his own head to a skull, using the technique of phrenology. Coloured lithograph after T. Lane, c. 1825.