Sculpture of the upper part (head, neck, and a variable portion of chest and shoulders) of the human figure

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A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).

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.

Roman portrait busts of wife and husband. Line engraving with etching by H.L. Garnier after J.M.N. Bralle.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Cabinet-making: library bookcases surrounding a door. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.

A hospital ward in the Comèdie Francaise set up during a war, doctors and nurses tend the soldiers. Photograph.

The Wellcome Research Institution's building, Euston Road, London: the stairwell in the Hall of Statuary of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph.

A phrenologist and some society people in a parlour. Coloured lithograph by H. Jannin after L.C. Bommier (?).

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Busts

Images from the collections

Images referencing Busts

Works from the collections

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Roman portrait busts of wife and husband. Line engraving with etching by H.L. Garnier after J.M.N. Bralle.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Busts

Images from the collections

Images referencing Busts

Works from the collections

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Roman portrait busts of wife and husband. Line engraving with etching by H.L. Garnier after J.M.N. Bralle.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

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