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Calves' heads and brains or A phrenological lecture

Calves' heads and brains or A phrenological lecture
1826

Medium
hand-coloured soft-ground etching and engraving

Measurements
20.2 × 28.9 cm (image) 24.7 × 32.6 cm (plate) 25.9 × 33.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 15158

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: J.Lump delt. L.Bump sc.
printed in ink l.c.: London Published Sep.r (r in superscript above . ) 1826 for the Artist at S.t (t in superscript above . ) Peters alley Corn Hill
printed in ink u.c.: CALVES’ HEADS AND BRAINS: OR A PHRENOLOGICAL LECTURE.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Ladies and Gentlemen CONCLUDING ADDRESS / Having thus concluded the hundred and thirty ninth article, under the Head or Section of Propensities: … (three lines of text) … Dear Ladies, Worthy Gentlemen; adieu.
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.c.: (text on books, jar, busts, picture frames and posters)

Accession Number
2452-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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