Branch of pseudoscience that infers human characteristics based on shape of the skull

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Human skull: frontal view. Lithograph, c. 1835.

Phrenological illustrations, or an artist's view of the craniological system of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim / By George Cruikshank.

The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.

Coombe's synopsis of phrenology : for the use of practical phrenologists.

Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and numbered according to Gall's system of phrenology. Engraving, 1806.

Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

A head divided in two, the left half describing activities numbered 1 to 42. Lithograph by Frank Ellis, 1901.

Phrenology within the reach of all : to the lady or gentleman of this house, with Mr. Moores' compliments / Thomas Moores.

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.

The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.

Esposición sumaria del sistema frenológico del doctor Gall / [José Ramón Pacheco].

Colloquies : imaginary conversations between a phrenologist and the shade of Dugald Stewart / by J. Slade.

A catechism of phrenology : illustrative of the principles of that science / by a Member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh.

Utility of phrenology : a lecture / by L.N. Fowler.

Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mental phenomena / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an introduction by Cyrus Elder.

Remarks on the principles of phrenology : a lecture delivered before the Fredericksburg Phrenological Society, Feb. 11, 1834 / by Beverley R. Wellford.

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Phrenology

Images from the collections

Images about Phrenology

Works from the collections

Colloquies : imaginary conversations between a phrenologist and the shade of Dugald Stewart / by J. Slade.

A catechism of phrenology : illustrative of the principles of that science / by a Member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh.

Utility of phrenology : a lecture / by L.N. Fowler.

Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mental phenomena / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an introduction by Cyrus Elder.

Remarks on the principles of phrenology : a lecture delivered before the Fredericksburg Phrenological Society, Feb. 11, 1834 / by Beverley R. Wellford.

Phrenology

Images from the collections

Images about Phrenology

Works from the collections

Colloquies : imaginary conversations between a phrenologist and the shade of Dugald Stewart / by J. Slade.

A catechism of phrenology : illustrative of the principles of that science / by a Member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh.

Utility of phrenology : a lecture / by L.N. Fowler.

Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mental phenomena / by J.G. Spurzheim ; with an introduction by Cyrus Elder.

Remarks on the principles of phrenology : a lecture delivered before the Fredericksburg Phrenological Society, Feb. 11, 1834 / by Beverley R. Wellford.

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