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Black-and-white caricature of a phrenology lecture: a bald lecturer points at a chart before a crowded audience, with plaster heads and skulls on shelves and tables.

George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826.

A black-and-white print shows a crowded lecture room. A bald lecturer in a dark coat points toward a wall chart as seated and standing spectators watch, while plaster busts and skulls crowd the shelves and table.

Artist
Lump, J.
Date
September 1826
Medium
Caricatures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3006 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1826.
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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