Bruyères, Hippolyte.

Images from the collections

Images by Bruyères, Hippolyte.

12 images from works
  • An opinionated child ignores his parents; representing the faculty of obstinacy in phrenology. Steel engraving, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • 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.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A woman in evening dress, attended by a man; the woman representing the 'sentiment' of self esteem, a 'faculty' according to phrenology. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A man challenges another; exhibiting boldness, classed phrenologically under the 'propensity' of combativeness. Steel engraving by Contenau, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A man with a large, protruding head walking with a heavy gait; illustrating the reflective faculty in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • Bazile and Bartolo, characters from a story by Beaumarchais, representing the phrenological 'propensity' of secretiveness. Steel engraving by Geoffroy, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • An introverted and an extroverted man; exhibiting excessive and lacking propensities connected with the faculty of causality (reflective thought) in phrenology. Steel engraving by E. Monnin, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • A crowd watches as two men gamble; representing the phrenological faculty of acquisitiveness. Steel engraving by L.A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

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Related topics

Temperament
Characters and characteristics
Physiognomy
Phrenology
Psychology - History
Gesture
Posture
Head
Emotions
Pride and vanity