Names of the organs.

Previous title, replaced February 2026: A head divided into thirty seven compartments, each containing an image representing a phrenological faculty. Wood engraving, after O.S. Fowler, c. 1840.

[Boston, Massachusetts] : [1846?]

1 print : wood engraving

Names of the organs. Domestic group. 1. Amativeness. A. Conjugality. 2. Parental love. 3. Friendship. 4. Inhabitiveness. 5. Continuity ...Selfish propensities. E. Vitativeness. 6. Combativeness. 7. Destructiveness. 8. Alimentativeness. 9. Acquisitiveness. 10. Secretiveness. 11. Cautiousness. Aspiring and governing organs. 12. Approbativeness. 13. Self-Esteem. 14. Firmness. Moral sentiments. 15. Conscientiousness. 16. Hope. 17. Spirituality. 18. Veneration. 19. Benevolence. Perfective qualities. 20. Constructiveness. 21. Ideality. B. Sublimity. 22. Imitation. D. Agreeableness. 23. Mirthfulness. Perceptive faculties. 24. Individuality. 25. Form. 26. Size. 27. Weight. 28. Color. 29. Order. 30. Calculation. 31. Locality. Literary faculties. 32. Eventuality. 33. Time. 34. Tune. 35. Language. Reasoning faculties. 36. Causality. 37. Comparison. C. Human nature

The phrenological system here enumerated is the Fowler version. Additions to European analogues include: "Alimentativeness", "Vitativeness", "Spirituality", and "Human nature"

The design seems to originate with the Fowlers, a family of popular phrenologists operating in the United States in the last half of the nineteenth century. The plate was used in "Synopsis of phrenology and physiology : comprising a condensed description of the functions of the body and mind..." by L.N.Fowler, published in Boston, 1846.

The engraving has been cut from the original sheet and collaged onto plain paper.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

Wellcome Collection 27714i

Exhibited in "The Brain in Art & Science" at Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, 28 January – 28 June 2022.