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Various Phrenological Models 2 This image provides multiple illustrations of skulls and famous busts, providing measurements for each by which organ size can be determined. Note especially the famous political figures, as well as... Artist Unknown Author: Fowler, Orson Squire 1847	Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques, Plate 16 “Plate 16” features nine figures which illustrate devices used to create optical illusions. Three of the colored figures depict different forms of magic lanterns and how they are operated in order to... Artist Unknown Author: Guyot, Edme-Gilles 1775	Gypsy Encampment Within a rocky landscape is situated a large, cave-like dwelling constructed of leaves and branches. Six adult figures and two small children sit or squat around a smoky fire, while two additional... Author: Grellmann, Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb 1807	Patience on a Monument Lady Cecilia Johnstone is in profile, seated on a large golden chamber pot. Her brow is slightly furrowed and her gaze intensely focused. She rests her chin in her hand, her elbow propped upon her... Engraver: Gillray, James Delineator: Gillray, James 19 September 1791	Treatise on Sound, Plate 3 These scientific diagrams depict "vibrations in solid bodies," including rods and plates. Engraver: Lowry, Joseph Wilson Author: Herschel, John Frederick William 1830
Ildefonzo & Alberoni In the near center of the image, slightly to the right, a stern, sad woman is depicted, holding on to a walking stick and pointing to the sky with her left hand. On her left, a woman with an... Illustrator: Craig, William Marshall 1 August 1803	Crossing Lake Aylmer (3hs. a.m.) This image portrays an icescape with distant mountains. The Arctic sun is low on the horizon, and smoke-like clouds extend in a widening mass from the far right of the image to the upper left corner... Engraver: Finden, Edward Francis Delineator: Back, Sir George 1836	Royal Academy - Somerset House, London The artists of the Royal Academy sit in a semicircle, in two tiers, with sketch pads and pencils, facing a female model posing nude on a stage. Most of the men look at the model, while others draw or... Delineator: Rowlandson, Thomas 1811	Excerpt from 'Pompeii' The poem’s narrator gazes upon the ruins of Pompeii and imagines what took place on the date of the eruption. The narrator describes a crowded street that is instantly engulfed in a cloud of ash... Author: Dix, William Giles 1848	Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow At the forefront of the image is a horse-drawn buggy carrying a cannon, which is stuck in the snow. Two horses appear to have been pulling the buggy; however, one of them has fallen over. The other... Engraver: Cruikshank, George Delineator: Cruikshank, George Author: Ireland, William Henry 1828
History of the extinct volcanoes of the basin of Neuwied on the Lower Rhine These images depict the European landscape in 1832 as shaped by a Laacher See eruption. In the upper left corner, a farmer is plowing his field with the help of a mule. The village of Eich is... Illustrator: Penny, W. Delineator: Hibbert-Ware, Charlotte Author: Hibbert, Samuel 1832	The Constitution and Guerrier This image depicts a naval battle between two ships. Each ship flies its colors in three flags prominently displayed, although one of the American flags appears to have only stripes. Cannon smoke... Engraver: Horton, Tudor 1831	Portrait of Lord Byron This print portrays Lord Byron as the quintessential Romantic poet. He sits in three-quarter view, his face turned in profile to the left and resting on his right hand in the archetypal thinking pose... Painter: Westall, Richard Engraver: Longacre, James Barton 1841	Colour A woman with loose hair in a flowing costume sits on a grassy ledge. In one hand she carries an empty palate and several paintbrushes; with the other she uses a brush to take pigment from the rainbow... Painter: Kauffmann, Angelica 1780	Henry Kirke White as a Boy This picture shows Henry Kirke White as a boy, reading from a book held in the lap of an older woman. A cat sits near their feet. There are three other children to the woman's right, two of whom are... Artist Unknown 1818
Stonehenge A bank of thick clouds hovers over the standing stones, with sunlight shining through to illuminate the center of the monument. A flock of sheep grazes in the foreground on the course grass, some... Painter: Turner, Joseph Mallord William Engraver: Wallis, Robert 1829	The Fall of the Rebel Angels Lucifer and his fellow angels are cast out of Heaven, falling into a deep chasm with sheer rock walls textured by what appears to be tree roots. The chasm is illuminated by light from the opening... Engraver: Martin, John Author: Milton, John 1826	Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry) Painter: Morse, Samuel 1824	Grand Woody Banks near Ross-on-Wye The river bends to the right, wrapping around bushes and a tree in the right foreground. To the left, more shrubbery and trees border a ruined house or manor. In the background, non-detailed, wooded... Illustrator: Gilpin, William 1782	The Organs of the Senses Familiarly Described, Plate 18 This image, Plate 18 of Bell's illustrations, depicts the semicircular canals of the ear. Bell further describes the image: "The cochlea is named by its similitude to the shell of a snail. It is the... Illustrator: Bell, Charles 1830s
Relative Size of the Organs and Table of References This chart provides the "average," "full," "large," "very large," "moderate," "small," and "very small" sizes of the organs measured in each phrenological category. Artist Unknown Author: Fowler, Orson Squire 1847	Aves, Birds Figures 1 and 2 depict two small hummingbirds, each of which appear to be either plummeting from a height or flying at a downward angle. The large bird below them, figure 4, is a Bird of Paradise,... Delineator: Rymsdyk, Jan van 1791	Raja Jagat Prakash of Sirmur (Chandra, 1971); also been referred to as Rama and... This scene illustrates an important episode from the Hindu epic Ramayana. In this epic tale, Rama and Sita, who lean against the red-cushioned throne, return to the capital city after... Artist Unknown 1750	Doctor Syntax Tumbling into the Water Dr. Syntax falls backward off his rocky seat into the water. Though his hat has fallen into the water, he still clutches his pen and journal: he has evidently been sketching the moss-covered ruins of... Illustrator: Rowlandson, Thomas Author: Combe, William 1 May 1812	Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames--Morning After a Stormy Night The two remaining towers of Hadleigh Castle stand in the left register of the picture plane. Underbrush and foliage have over-grown the crumbling ruins. In the lower left corner, a shepherd boy,... Painter: Constable, John 1829
Bless Me, What a Bump! A man sits while a woman examines his head. The right side of the image shows a mapped skull placed on a table. Artist Unknown 1826	[A mock-advertisement in the Floral Album: Album of Olive N. Hannum, 1839–1848] Here, on one of the four engraved and hand-colored	[T]he man, seated on a chair, listens


			A lady, who has taken her seat opposite

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