Art Resource - AR922726

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Phrenology chart, showing presumed areas of activity of the brain, c1920.

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Franz Joseph Gall, German physician and founder of Phrenology, c1820. Artist: Delpech

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Franz Joseph Gall, German physician and founder of Phrenology, c1790.

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Phrenology, 1820 (1886). Artist: Frank Dadd

Phrenology, 1820 (1886). Measuring the bumps on a boy's head to assess his future. On the wall in the background is a portrait of of Franz Josef Gall (1757-1828) the founder of the theory that the shape of skull related to intellectual capacity and behaviour. Although not based on fact, the theory became extremely popular in the early 19th century.

Unique Identifier AR922726

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3260px × 4311px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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