"A young man in civilian dress, Battier, and two officers of the Tenth Hussars, are having their shaved heads inspected by six grotesque practitioners of phrenology, two to each. On the wall, besides pendent skulls, is a placard : Craniums examined an...
Alternative Title:
Science practically developed
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Battier, William, active 1824
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Physicians, Head, Hussars, Costume, Military uniforms, Skulls, and Baldness
"PHYSICORUM: An old man's elongated head, wearing the old-fashioned wig of a doctor. To this is attached a garland of bunches of labelled medicine-bottles and pill-boxes. The 'Drafts are sleeping, purging, composing, emollient, opening, soporific, str...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pub. 15 Augt. 1800 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Nuns, Wigs, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Skulls, Hourglasses, Crucifixes, Pipes (Smoking), Tobacco products, Drinking vessels, and Alcoholic beverages
"PHYSICORUM: An old man's elongated head, wearing the old-fashioned wig of a doctor. To this is attached a garland of bunches of labelled medicine-bottles and pill-boxes. The 'Drafts are sleeping, purging, composing, emollient, opening, soporific, str...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pub. 15 Augt. 1800 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Nuns, Wigs, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Skulls, Hourglasses, Crucifixes, Pipes (Smoking), Tobacco products, Drinking vessels, and Alcoholic beverages
"An African chief displays to a naval officer three black women, who stand together (right), grinning and coy, and absurdly squat and obese, with huge posteriors like those of the Hottentot Venus (see British Museum satire no. 11577). The officer, Lie...
Alternative Title:
King of Timbuctoo offering one of his daughters in marriage ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 10, 1818 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West and Africa, West.
Subject (Name):
Lyon, G. F. 1795-1832 (George Francis), and Lyon, G. F. 1795-1832. (George Francis),
Subject (Topic):
Black people, English wit and humor, Pictorial, Ethnic stereotypes, Military officers, British, and Skulls
