Accession No

6720

Brief Description

satirical print, lithograph, Calf's Head and Brain Sauce, a Phrenological Lecture, showing a caricature of a phrenologist lecturing to an audience amongst plaster heads, pictures, and books, attributed to Purcell, after Henry Thomas Alken, 1830 (c)

Origin

Maker

Purcell [attributed] Alken, Henry Thomas [original artist]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1830

Latest Date

1830

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

317mm x 230mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Grosvenor Prints in 2018.

Inscription

Description Notes

Satirical print, lithograph, Calf's Head and Brain Sauce, a Phrenological Lecture, showing a caricature of a phrenologist lecturing to an audience amongst plaster heads, pictures, and books, attributed to Purcell, after Henry Thomas Alken, 1830 (c).

A4-ish sized print, in black and white, showing a caricature of a phrenologist lecturing to an audience. Some of the audience members have odd-shaped heads and faces. The room has plaster busts on the floor (with names or characteristics written on them), framed prints on the wall, and some books on shelving behind the phrenologist.

The title Calf's Head and Brain Sauce is listed at the top of the print and a Phrenological Lecture below.

Complete.

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