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Engraving of a horned winged devil touching the head of a boy, with three other boys peering from around him against a pale background.

The devil examining the head of a boy; three other boys lurk under the devil's wings; frontispiece to a manual on phrenology. Steel engraving by J.D. Nargeot, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

A steel engraving shows a winged, horned devil with a broad torso standing behind a boy whose head he touches, as if examining it. Three other boys peer out from beneath the devil's wings and from either side of the central group, all rendered in fine hatched line on a pale ground.

Artist
Bruyères, Hippolyte.
Date
[1847]
Medium
Steel engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3960 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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