Phrenological propensities: adhesiveness, inhabitiveness, constructiveness, combativeness, destructiveness; illustrated by a couple stuck in a bog, a snail in its shell, a spider in its web, a huge brawl, a bull in a china shop. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Date:
August 1st 1826
Reference:
11840i
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Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
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[London] : G. Cruikshank, August 1st 1826.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 25.2 x 30.5 cm.

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Adhesiveness - Inhabitiveness - Constructiveness - Combativeness - Destructiveness. Designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank, August 1st 1826.

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. X, London 1952, no. 15193

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Wellcome Collection 11840i

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