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Images about Posture

27 images from works
  • An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.
  • The birth of Christ; female angels swoon through the air; Joseph looks on. Aquatint by T. Piroli, 1796, after W. Y. Ottley.
  • 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.
  • A young man posing in the street with hat and cane: three views. Stipple engraving after H.W. Bunbury.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Guidelines to correct back posture in Djibouti. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Legs in various attitudes. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
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Works from the collections

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    World War One: back view of a man seated on a cushion on the ground. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

    | Date: 1914 | Reference: 24580i
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    World War One: back view of a wounded man lying down. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

    | Date: 1914 | Reference: 24587i
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    The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

    Titian, approximately 1488-1576. | Date: 1500-1599 | Reference: 21627i
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    The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21812i
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    Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

    Bruyères, Hippolyte. | Date: [1847] | Reference: 27623i
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Related topics

Physiognomy
Characters and characteristics
Gesture
Head
Temperament
Phrenology
Psychology - History
World War I
Sitting position
War victims

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