[Lecture on the comparative study of skulls by Dr. Gall] [graphic]
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17339565
Description
- Title
- [Lecture on the comparative study of skulls by Dr. Gall] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Dr. Gall's lecture
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Medical Historical Library, Yale University).
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1800?]
- Publication Place
- London? and England London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Print shows a group of five grotesquely caricatured men attending to a sixth man identified as Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, who is lecturing them on a skull which he holds up in his left hand. An open volume rests on a lectern beneath the lecturers prominent stomach, and the walls around the group are lined with shelves holding a collection of skulls and busts; the three shelves located behind them at left are labeled: Lawyers, thieves & murderers. - Poets, dramatists, actors. - Philosophers, statesmen & historians
- Description
-
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Bequest of Clements C. Fry; 1955.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 241 x 195 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print00221
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Aquatints
Hand colored prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Aquatints England London 1800 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828 (Franz Joseph),
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph), - Subject (Topic)
-
Craniology
Phrenology
Skull
Science
Physicians
Lectures and lecturing - Subjects
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Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Craniology > Caricatures and cartoons
Phrenology > Caricatures and cartoons
Skull > Caricatures and cartoons
Science > Caricatures and cartoons
Physicians
Lectures and lecturing
Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758-1828
Craniology
Phrenology
Science
Skull
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Klebs, Arnold C. (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943 > Donor
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16058288
- Object ID (OID)
- 17339565