
Calves' heads and brains, or, A phrenological lecture
Item
Title
Calves' heads and brains, or, A phrenological lecture
Creator
Henry Thomas Alken
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
1826
Description
Satirical depiction of George Combe delivering a phrenological lecture to an Edinburgh audience in a room filled with skulls, books, and plaster casts of heads
Format
Image
Identifier
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/17338212
Rights
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Source
Henry Thomas Alken, printmaker, soft-ground etching, J. Lump and L. Bump, London, 26 September 1826. Medical Historical Library.