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A man whose face expresses, according to Lavater, a great capacity for discernment. Drawing, c. 1794.

Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.

A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.

A woman holds the sun in her hand; representing the faculty of understanding. Engraving, 16--.

Head of a boy in profile, used to illustrate phrenological classifications of mental pathology.

Right profile of head with depressed frontal lobes, divided up to show the location of all the lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.

An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.

Head of a man whose physiognomy shows prudence and ingenuity. Drawing, c. 1794.

A woman with a globe containing a face; representing the faculty of the will. Engraving, 16--.

Traumatic personality change and intellectual impairment / by W.R. Reynell.

The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

Intelligence and mental growth / by Claude A. Claremont.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

Quest : the essence of humanity / Charles Pasternak.

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Intelligence

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Images referencing Intelligence

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Traumatic personality change and intellectual impairment / by W.R. Reynell.

The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

Intelligence and mental growth / by Claude A. Claremont.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

Quest : the essence of humanity / Charles Pasternak.

Intelligence

Images from the collections

Images referencing Intelligence

Works from the collections

Traumatic personality change and intellectual impairment / by W.R. Reynell.

The measure of merit : talents, intelligence, and inequality in the French and American republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson.

Intelligence and mental growth / by Claude A. Claremont.

Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

Quest : the essence of humanity / Charles Pasternak.

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