Anatomy of expression: profile head studies and skull, 1824

An engraved plate of pen-and-ink head studies on aged paper, showing several profile faces with construction grids and measuring lines beside a human skull drawn at lower right. Numbered figure labels mark each study, and faint marks of foxing and creasing cover the sheet.

Artist: Charles Bell
Date: 1824
Medium
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2482 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1824.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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