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George Combe

Scottish phrenologist

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Images by George Combe

11 images from works
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • 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.
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • A system of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Outlines of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Elements of phrenology / [George Combe].
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.

Images featuring George Combe

6 images from works
  • George Combe. Mezzotint by R. M. Hodgetts after Sir D. Macnee.
  • George Combe. Stipple engraving by C. H. Jeens, 1878, after Sir D. Macnee.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.
  • George Combe lecturing on phrenology to a mixed audience in his Edinburgh home?; presented as a monkey with a phrenological head. Lithograph.
  • George Combe. Mezzotint by R. M. Hodgetts after Sir D. Macnee.

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Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Glasgow University Library
Royal College of Surgeons of England
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