Accession No

6719

Brief Description

satirical print, Calves' Heads and Brains or a Phrenological Lecture, showing a caricature of a phrenologist (possibly George Combe) lecturing to an audience amongst plaster heads, pictures, and books, by J. Lump and P. Bump [pseudonyms], 1826

Origin

Maker

Lump, J. [pseudonym] Bump, J. [pseudonym]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1826

Latest Date

1826

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

290mm x 235mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Grosvenor Prints in 2018.

Inscription

Calves' Heads and Brains or a Phrenological Lecture

Concluding address
Ladies and Gentlemen
Having thus concluded the hundred and thirty ninth article, under the Head or Section of Propensities: I shall take my leave until the next lecture, by clearly elucidating in my own person an instance of Due Proportion of Faculties: Talkativeness with Gulling, standing First: and further beg to testify, beyond all doubt, or shadow of contradiction, that on the Craniums of this highly gifted and scientific Audience, the Organ of Implicit faith Under Evident Contradictions, Stands beautifully develop'd to a Surprising and Prominent degree Dear Ladies Worthy Gentlemen; adieu.

Description Notes

Satirical print, Calves' Heads and Brains or a Phrenological Lecture, showing a phrenologist (possibly George Combe) lecturing to an audience amongst plaster heads, pictures, and books, by J. Lump and P. Bump [pseudonyms], 1826.

A4-ish sized print, in colour, showing a caricature of a phrenologist lecturing to an audience. Some of the audience members are examining their own heads. The room has plaster busts and skulls scattered about on the floor (with names or characteristics written on them), framed prints on the wall, and a wall of books behind the phrenologist. These are filled with topical references.

The title 'Calves' Heads and Brains or a Phrenological Lecture' is listed at the top of the print.

At the bottom is printed:
Concluding address
Ladies and Gentlemen
Having thus concluded the hundred and thirty ninth article, under the Head or Section of Propensities: I shall take my leave until the next lecture, by clearly elucidating in my own person an instance of Due Proportion of Faculties: Talkativeness with Gulling, standing First: and further beg to testify, beyond all doubt, or shadow of contradiction, that on the Craniums of this highly gifted and scientific Audience, the Organ of Implicit faith Under Evident Contradictions, Stands beautifully develop'd to a Surprising and Prominent degree Dear Ladies Worthy Gentlemen; adieu.

Complete.

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