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Phrenology, in connexion with the study of physiognomy / by J. G. Spurzheim.
Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776-1832.Date: MDCCCXXVI. [1826]
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A head marked with images representing the phrenological faculties, with a key below. Coloured wood engraving, ca. 1845, after H. Bushea and O.S. Fowler (?).
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.Date: [1845?]Reference: 27921i
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A man challenges another; exhibiting boldness, classed phrenologically under the 'propensity' of combativeness. Steel engraving by Contenau, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27614i
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Health care of temperaments and constitutional defects / R. Narain.
Narain, Ram.Date: 1996
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A young woman wearing a bonnet, representing characteristics of youth. Drawing, ca. 1794.
Date: ca. [1794?]Reference: 30122i
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A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 26879i
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Our temperaments : their study and their teaching, a popular outline / by Alexander Stewart.
Date: 1887
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Physiological lectures, addressed to the College of Surgeons / By John Abernethy.
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831.Date: 1825
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Allaire de Lozeillère, Alexis
Allaire de Lozeillère, Alexis.Date: c. 1685Reference: MS.924
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A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 18228i
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The psychology of character : with a survey of personality in general / by A.A. Roback.
Roback, A. A. (Abraham Aaron), 1890-1965.Date: [1952]
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The will-temperament and its testing / by June E. Downey.
Downey, June E. (June Etta), 1875-1932.Date: 1923
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Six physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1789?Reference: 28806i
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The varieties of temperament : a psychology of constitutional differences / by W.H. Sheldon ; with the collaboration of S.S. Stevens.
Sheldon, William Herbert, 1899-1977.Date: 1942
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Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
Reference: 35144i
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A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27617i
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Three mouths with variously projecting lips. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31409i
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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.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27619i
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Uitenbogart (Johannes Wtenbogaert?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1794, after Ravenstein (?).
Ravenstein.Date: c. 1794Reference: 30888i
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Belot, Jean
Belot, JeanDate: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.1124
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Men and women, sickness and medicine, etc.
Chaussegros, Vital, b.1769.Date: 1834Reference: MS.1575
Part of: Chaussegros, Vital (1769- )
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A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27618i
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An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27622i
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A man whose physiognomy expresses, according to Lavater, openness of mind, taste, a happy memory, and wit. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28741i
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Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 29947i

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Phrenology, in connexion with the study of physiognomy / by J. G. Spurzheim.

A head marked with images representing the phrenological faculties, with a key below. Coloured wood engraving, ca. 1845, after H. Bushea and O.S. Fowler (?).

A man challenges another; exhibiting boldness, classed phrenologically under the 'propensity' of combativeness. Steel engraving by Contenau, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Health care of temperaments and constitutional defects / R. Narain.

A young woman wearing a bonnet, representing characteristics of youth. Drawing, ca. 1794.

A man woos a woman in a garden; representing the sanguine temperament. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Our temperaments : their study and their teaching, a popular outline / by Alexander Stewart.

Physiological lectures, addressed to the College of Surgeons / By John Abernethy.

Allaire de Lozeillère, Alexis

A bath-house containing six men and an onlooker, perhaps an allegory of the four humours and five senses. Photolithograph after A. Dürer, c. 1496.

The psychology of character : with a survey of personality in general / by A.A. Roback.

The will-temperament and its testing / by June E. Downey.

Six physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after C. Le Brun.

The varieties of temperament : a psychology of constitutional differences / by W.H. Sheldon ; with the collaboration of S.S. Stevens.

Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.

A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Three mouths with variously projecting lips. Drawing, c. 1793.

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.

Uitenbogart (Johannes Wtenbogaert?): portrait. Drawing, c. 1794, after Ravenstein (?).

Belot, Jean

Men and women, sickness and medicine, etc.

A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

A man whose physiognomy expresses, according to Lavater, openness of mind, taste, a happy memory, and wit. Drawing, c. 1789.

Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.