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Orthodox phrenology / by A.L. Vago.

Vago, A. L. (Ambrose Lewis) · 1871 · London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1871. · 44 pictures

A phrenology treatise by A. L. Vago, published in London by Simpkin, Marshall & Co. in 1871, aimed at readers interested in the skull-reading theory of character. The pictures are pen-and-line engravings of heads in profile and three-quarter view, with bald crowns, curled wigs and bearded faces, showing how phrenologists mapped bumps and features; a designer might draw on their hatched shading and clean contour lines for character studies.

Phrenology

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