George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.

1 print : chalk lithograph, with watercolour ; border 23.2 x 30.7 cm

George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph by L. Bump, 1826, after J. Lump.

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George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph by L. Bump, 1826, after J. Lump.

George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.