Steel engraving of a seated artist squinting along a raised pencil at a standing figure on a pedestal, with plaster casts and framed drawings in a studio behind.

Artist Measuring a Figure, Phrenological Print, 1847

A seated man in a waistcoat and cravat holds a pencil up at arm's length, one eye narrowed, sighting along it toward a standing wooden figure on a pedestal at left. Plaster busts, a framed head study and a hanging stocking fill the studio behind him.

Artist: Bruyères, Hippolyte.
Date: [1847]
Medium: Steel engravings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2835 × 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

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