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Hand-coloured engraving of a man's profile head and three brown-toned skulls, titled Physiognomy, Plate II.

Physiognomy, Plate II: profile head and three skulls

A hand-coloured engraving titled Physiognomy, Plate II, showing a man's head in profile at upper left and three skulls shaded in warm brown tones. The skulls are shown in profile and three-quarter views, arranged across the sheet beneath a printed caption naming each specimen.

Artist
Henry Adlard
Date
1824
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3169 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1824.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Vanitas and Memento Mori19th century1820s1824engravingscientific illustrationhand-colored printskullphysiognomyphrenologyanatomyprofile headsethnologybrown tones

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