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Coloured print of a wigged man feeling a seated woman's head; three men wait at right, skulls and plaster heads on shelves.

Franz Joseph Gall examining the head of a pretty girl, while three gentlemen wait in line. Coloured lithograph by E.H., 1825.

A hand-coloured lithograph titled The Phrenologist shows a man in a long coat and wig feeling the head of a seated young woman in a pink gown. Shelves of plaster heads and skulls stand behind them, while three gentlemen in period dress wait at right.

Artist
E.H., active 1825.
Date
1825
Medium
Caricatures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3098 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1825.
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

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