Black and white engraved phrenology chart with four head diagrams numbered by region, and a list of faculties under Propensities, Sentiments, and Intellect at left.

Phrenological organs chart from Elements of phrenology, 1824

An engraved phrenology chart shows four views of a human head, a bust, and a skull, each marked with numbered regions for mental faculties. A printed list at left groups the faculties under Propensities, Sentiments, and Intellect, on aged paper in black and white.

Artist: George Combe
Date: 1824
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3453 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1824.
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