German physician and phrenologist (1776-1832)

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Johann Caspar Spurzheim. Mezzotint by J. Egan, 1838, after W. Yellowlees.

Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim / By George Cruikshank.

Johann Caspar Spurzheim. Lithograph by J.H. Bufford after A. Fisher.

Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.

Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.

Doctor Spurzheim in his consulting room measuring the head of a peculiar looking patient; a bemused barber looks on. Coloured aquatint by J. Kennerly, 1816, after R. Cocking.

A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).

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.

Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe : and a review of the science of phrenology, from the period of its discovery by Dr. Gall, to the time of the visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 / by Nahum Capen.

Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and George Combe, and a review of the science of phrenology, from the period of its discovery by Dr. Gall, to the time of the visit of George Combe to the United States, 1838, 1840 / by Nahum Capen.

Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux en général, et du cerveau en particulier, avec des observations sur la possibilité de reconnoître plusieurs dispositions intellectuelles et morales de l'homme et des animaux par la configuration de leurs têtes / Par F. J. Gall et G. Spurzheim.

Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mind : and of the relations between its manifestations and the body.

The physiognomical system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim; founded on an anatomical and physiological examination of the nervous system in general, and of the brain in particular; and indicating the dispositions and manifestations of the mind / Being at the same time a book of reference for Dr. Spurzheim's demonstrative lectures.

Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mental phenomena / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an introduction by Cyrus Elder.

Outlines of phrenology : being also a manual of reference for the marked bust / by G. Spurzheim.

A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man / By G. Spurzheim.

Education, its elementary principles, founded on the nature of man / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an appendix, by S.R. Wells, containing a description of the temperaments, and a brief analysis of the phrenological faculties.

A view of the philosophical principles of phrenology / by J. Spurzheim.

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Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mental phenomena / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an introduction by Cyrus Elder.

Outlines of phrenology : being also a manual of reference for the marked bust / by G. Spurzheim.

A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man / By G. Spurzheim.

Education, its elementary principles, founded on the nature of man / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an appendix, by S.R. Wells, containing a description of the temperaments, and a brief analysis of the phrenological faculties.

A view of the philosophical principles of phrenology / by J. Spurzheim.

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Johann Spurzheim

Images from the collections

Images by Johann Spurzheim

Images featuring Johann Spurzheim

Works from the collections

Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mental phenomena / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an introduction by Cyrus Elder.

Outlines of phrenology : being also a manual of reference for the marked bust / by G. Spurzheim.

A view of the elementary principles of education, founded on the study of the nature of man / By G. Spurzheim.

Education, its elementary principles, founded on the nature of man / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an appendix, by S.R. Wells, containing a description of the temperaments, and a brief analysis of the phrenological faculties.

A view of the philosophical principles of phrenology / by J. Spurzheim.

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