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Hand-coloured caricature of a lecturer in a green coat holding a skull, surrounded by five men, with shelves of skulls and busts behind.

Franz Joseph Gall Lecturing on Phrenology, Rowlandson 1808

A hand-coloured caricature etching shows a man in a green coat gesturing as he lectures, holding up a skull while five older men lean in around him. Shelves behind them hold rows of skulls and carved head busts, and bones and skulls lie in the foreground.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
1808
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3304 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1808.
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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