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Black and white print of a bald caricatured lecturer holding a skull, surrounded by men and shelves of skulls and busts.

Phrenology lecture among skulls and model heads, after Rowlandson

A crowded caricature of a lecture among shelves of human skulls and carved busts labelled with category names. A stout man in a waistcoat gestures at a skull held in his hands, while five men lean in around him. Engraved line work with hand-applied colour.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
1808
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3296 × 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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