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Steel engraving of a balding man with a large head, head bowed, hands behind his back, walking in a long coat; phrenology plate captioned Causalité.

Phrenology: Causality, a man with a bowed head walking

A steel engraving shows a balding man with a large, bulging head, eyes cast downward, walking with his hands clasped behind his back. He wears a long coat, waistcoat and trousers, on a sketched ground line. Printed captions below read "Causalité" and "Le Penseur profond", with "Phrénologie" above them.

Artist
Bruyères, Hippolyte.
Date
[1847]
Medium
Steel engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2893 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1847.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection