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.

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