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Hand-coloured engraving of a man's profile head and three brown-toned skulls, titled Physiognomy, Plate II.

A profile of a man bisected with a curve for measuring the brain, skulls of a Turk (top right), a Georgian woman (bottom left) and a Caribbean (bottom right). Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.

A hand-coloured engraving titled Physiognomy, Plate II, showing a man's head in profile at upper left and three skulls shaded in warm brown tones. The skulls are shown in profile and three-quarter views, arranged across the sheet beneath a printed caption naming each specimen.

Artist
Henry Adlard
Date
1824
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3169 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1824.
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

Español: Fisiognomía, Lámina II: cabeza de perfil y tres cráneos

Grabado coloreado a mano titulado Fisiognomía, Lámina II, con la cabeza de un hombre de perfil en la parte superior izquierda y tres cráneos sombreados en tonos marrón cálidos. Los cráneos se muestran de perfil y en tres cuartos, dispuestos en la hoja debajo de una leyenda impresa que identifica cada ejemplar.

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