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The Heads of the Table

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Heads of the Table

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Portraits of Twelve Various Figures
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Twelve portraits are given in this collection of figures: the second features a woman and two children, while the rest are individual portraits. The members of the dinner party, many portrayed holding wine glasses or utensils, are displayed with dialogue.

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The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder

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Accusation

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George IV outside building
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George IV, pictured as a guard, stands before a door, holding a pole with an evidence bag which reads "BEWARE of the Report of a BAD HOUSE." From the house's open window, Queen Caroline holds a torch, labeled “DEFENCE,” to the bag. Two men, identified as Brougham and Denman, watch the scene from within the window (George 80).

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Bless Me, What a Bump!

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Woman Observing Head
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A man sits while a woman examines his head. The right side of the image shows a mapped skull placed on a table. This image satirically portrays a phrenological reading. Considering that may caricatures of phrenology are set in a consultation room or lecture hall, the lack of specific context may suggest a private setting.

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Henry Thomas Alken

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Calves' Heads and Brains or a Phrenological Lecture

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Phrenologist Giving a Lecture
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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). He holds a wig in his right hand and gestures to the audience with his left.

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The Cruikshankian Momus

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Bumpology

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Bumpology

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Doctor studying man's skull
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A phrenologist, identified as J. De Ville, places his right hand on the forehead of a young man who is kneeling at the center of the image. A well-dressed woman, probably the young man’s mother, observes the action from the left of the scene while a clerk writes "very large wit no 32" in a book at the far right.

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