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Phrenological propensities: language, ideality, wit, imitation and approbation, comparison; illustrated by foul-mouthed fishwives, a man imagining ghosts, a woman tricked in a churchyard, Mathews mimicking a phrenologist's lecture, a tall thin man passing a short fat woman. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Date
1 August 1826
Reference
11841i
Part of
Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
Pictures
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Phrenological properties of drawing: colour, form, space, order. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Date
August 1st 1826
Reference
11845i
Part of
Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
Pictures
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
Part of
Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
Pictures
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
Pictures
Six vignettes illustrating phrenological propensities: hope, conscientiousness, veneration, cautiousness, benevolence, causality; illustrated by a dog anxious for scraps, a maid attempting a good price for her masters old clothes, an obese gourmand eying an enormous side of beef, a prim couple crossing a muddy road, a man being flogged, Liston acting the part of Paul Pry. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Date
August 1st 1826
Reference
11842i
Part of
Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
Pictures
Seven vignettes illustrating phrenological propensities: tune, covetiveness, secretiveness, size, firmness, time, weight; illustrated by an organ-grinder, a pick-pocket, an adulterer, the huge Daniel Lambert, a pavior with his rammer, a winged clock, a crown on a cushion. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Date
1 August 1826
Reference
11843i
Part of
Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
Pictures

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