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Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Lamming
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Copyright:
© National Gallery of Art
From the Collection:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Painter:
Polk, Charles Peale
Image Date:
c. Early 19th century
Style:
Portraiture
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Calves' Heads and Brains or a Phrenological Lecture
A phrenologist lectures to a seated audience. The writing below the print identifies the phrenologist as James De Ville; however, M. George posits that the phrenologist is George Combe (George 606)....
Delineator:
Lump, J.
Engraver:
Bump, L.
September 1826
From the Collection:
The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
