American phrenologist and lecturer (1809–1887)

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Phrenological chart : designed to illustrate the treatise on phrenology, in the "Imperial journal of the arts and sciences".

Heads & headlines : the phrenological Fowlers / Madeleine B. Stern.

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

Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological 'faculties'. Etching after O.S. Fowler (?).

New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings, together with the chart and character of / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.

A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.

A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties, accompanied by a key. Coloured lithograph, c. 1875, after O.S. Fowler (?).

A head marked with images representing the phrenological faculties, with a key below. Coloured wood engraving, ca. 1845, after H. Bushea and O.S. Fowler (?).

Maternity, or, The bearing and nursing of children : Including female education and beauty / by O.S. Fowler.

Marriage and parentage, education, and kindred subjects / O.S. Fowler.

New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.

O.S. Fowler on temperance, founded on phrenology and physiology, or, The laws of life, and the principles of the human constitution, as developed by the sciences of phrenology and physiology, applied to total abstinence from all alcoholic and intoxicating drinks / by O.S. Fowler.

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Orson S. Fowler

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Maternity, or, The bearing and nursing of children : Including female education and beauty / by O.S. Fowler.

Marriage and parentage, education, and kindred subjects / O.S. Fowler.

New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.

New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings, together with the chart and character of / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.

O.S. Fowler on temperance, founded on phrenology and physiology, or, The laws of life, and the principles of the human constitution, as developed by the sciences of phrenology and physiology, applied to total abstinence from all alcoholic and intoxicating drinks / by O.S. Fowler.

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Orson S. Fowler

Images from the collections

Images by Orson S. Fowler

Images featuring Orson S. Fowler

Works from the collections

Maternity, or, The bearing and nursing of children : Including female education and beauty / by O.S. Fowler.

Marriage and parentage, education, and kindred subjects / O.S. Fowler.

New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : together with the chart and character of ... as marked by ... / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.

New illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology : with over one hundred engravings, together with the chart and character of / by O.S. and L.N. Fowler.

O.S. Fowler on temperance, founded on phrenology and physiology, or, The laws of life, and the principles of the human constitution, as developed by the sciences of phrenology and physiology, applied to total abstinence from all alcoholic and intoxicating drinks / by O.S. Fowler.

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