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Phrenological propensities: philoprogenitiveness, amativeness, self-love, individuality, number; illustrated by a huge and happy family, an apothecary making advances on his maidservant, a dandy admiring his reflection, Seurat the human skeleton, Toby the learned pig. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
- Date
- 1 August 1826
- Reference
- 11844i
- Part of
- Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
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Publication/Creation
[London] : G. Cruikshank, 1 August 1826.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.7 x 29.7 cm.
Contributors
Lettering
Philoprogenitiveness - Amativeness (physical love) - Self love - Individuality - Number. Designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank, August 1st 1826.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. X, London 1952, no. 15192
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 11844i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
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