Phrenologist Collection

An exhibition / show / performance of phrenology, Victorian period

A Bumper Mistake by Lawson Wood - Phrenology
The Phrenologist: Bless my soul, Sir; your bump of destructiveness is most abnormally large. You must be a soldier. The Subject: Oh, dear no; I m a chauffeur. Date: 1912

Cartoon, Phrenology - a popular pseudo-science at the time. early 19th century

Franz Joseph Gall (1758 -1828). Neuroanatomist and physiolog
Franz Joseph Gall (1758 -1828). Neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Colored engraving

Mariano Cub?=? (1801-1875) Catalan linguist and phrenologist. Colored engraving

Andrew Combe
ANDREW COMBE Medical practitioner, phrenologist. Date: 1797 - 1847

Johann Kaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832), Phrenologist

Spurzheim Bust
JOHANN KASPAR SPURZHEIM German phrenologist with his autograph Date: 1776-1832

Unhelpful Phrenological assessment of a Park Loafer. Phrenologist (to Park Loafer) - " Now, you re full o Nerves, you are

Hewett Cottrell Watson (1804-1881)
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Itinerant Phrenologist
An itinerant phrenologist assesses the abilities of the son of the family Date: 1895

Anti-suffragette cartoon featuring woman and phrenologist
A fearsome-looking woman, with a scroll labelled Votes (for) Women, is having the bumps on her head examined by a man. He concludes that if she lives for a thousand years

Modern Athenians plate 42 - Edinburgh
George Combe (1788-1858) phrenologist & natural philosopher, passing John Gray (1765-1850) solocitor, on the streets of Edinburgh

The Phrenologist
An illustration of a phrenologist examining his patients skull; taken from an article disputing the validity of the science

Phrenology Session
Consulting the phrenologist - the parents wait while the practitioner assesses their sons qualities

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