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Eight physiognomies. Drawings, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28802i
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A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.
Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792.Date: 1776Reference: 34702i
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Case and Lecture Notes
Date: c. 1770Reference: MS.MSL.32
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A head containing over thirty images symbolising the phrenological faculties. Wood engraving, c. 1845, after O.S. Fowler (?).
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.Reference: 27755i
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Fifteen contours of foreheads. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: 1789?Reference: 29347i
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A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
Taylor, W, active approximately 1840.Reference: 11849i
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Eight physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki and C. Le Brun.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29007i
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De corpusculo quodam adiposo in hominum genis obvio : dissertatio inauguralis ... / defendet Wilfried Gehewe.
Gehewe, Wilfried.Date: 1853
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Desiderius Erasmus: portrait in profile. Drawing, c. 1795, after H. Holbein.
Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543.Date: c. 1795Reference: 30989i
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Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological 'faculties'. Etching after O.S. Fowler (?).
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.Reference: 28451i
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Head of a man, profile. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: 1793?Reference: 31681i
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Heredity of headform in man / by G. P. Frets.
Frets, G. P. (Gerrit Pieter), 1879-Date: 1921
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Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30640i
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The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
Engelmann, G. (Godefroy), 1788-1839Date: [1835?]Reference: 28079i
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David turns his eyes heaven-ward as he holds the upturned, severed head of Goliath by the hair. Line engraving by G. Garavaglia after I. Migliavacca after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 18551i
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A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.
T., I., active 1826.Date: 1826Reference: 21828i
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A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire.
Reference: 37373i
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Head of an anguished man. Chalk drawing.
Reference: 34494i
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The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.
Date: c. 1793Reference: 31519i
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An écorché face weeping, showing the muscles involved. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
Stubbs, George, 1724-1806.Date: 1 August 1815Reference: 34457i
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Jacobi: profile. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 29332i
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Head injury today : what tomorrow? : for those whose relative has very recently had a head injury / Jenny Sheridan.
Sheridan, Jenny.Date: 1994
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Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.
Date: c. 1791Reference: 29446i
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The head of a man in a fur hat in profile to right. Soft ground etching by B. Green, 1780, after T. Worlidge.
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766.Date: Aug.st 1st 1780Reference: 2497745i
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Profiles of three men deemed untrustworthy by Lavater in his account of physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28699i

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Eight physiognomies. Drawings, c. 1789.

A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

Case and Lecture Notes

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

Fifteen contours of foreheads. Drawing, c. 1789.

A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.

Eight physiognomies. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki and C. Le Brun.

De corpusculo quodam adiposo in hominum genis obvio : dissertatio inauguralis ... / defendet Wilfried Gehewe.

Desiderius Erasmus: portrait in profile. Drawing, c. 1795, after H. Holbein.

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

Head of a man, profile. Drawing, c. 1793.

Heredity of headform in man / by G. P. Frets.

Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.

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

David turns his eyes heaven-ward as he holds the upturned, severed head of Goliath by the hair. Line engraving by G. Garavaglia after I. Migliavacca after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.

A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire.

Head of an anguished man. Chalk drawing.

The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.

An écorché face weeping, showing the muscles involved. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

Jacobi: profile. Drawing, c. 1789.

Head injury today : what tomorrow? : for those whose relative has very recently had a head injury / Jenny Sheridan.

Profile of a benign looking woman exemplifying Lavater's principle of the homogeneity of the face. Drawing, c. 1791.

The head of a man in a fur hat in profile to right. Soft ground etching by B. Green, 1780, after T. Worlidge.

Profiles of three men deemed untrustworthy by Lavater in his account of physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789.