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Collection: Striking Impressions

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Phrenology

Phrenology

Physiognomy

Physiognomy

Plaster cast of a human skull.

Plaster cast of a mans head. He has a sharp nose, large cheekbones and a square chin. His eyes are shut. The cast has the name Napoleon on the base.

Powerful faces

Powerful faces

Print of a man in profile. He has a sagging face with protruding lips. His hair sprouts strangely from his head and shoots backward. He wears a robe and holds a scroll.

Print of a man in profile. He has a stooped back, a huge beak like nose, and swept back hair. The lines are scratchy and the picture has a rough, energetic style.

Put a piece of paper on a wall and stand sideways in front of it with a bright light. Get someone else to draw your silhouette. What does it look like? Can you imagine people making judgements about you based on it?

Put a piece of paper on a wall and stand sideways in front of it with a bright light. Get someone else to draw your silhouette. What does it look like? Can you imagine people making judgements about you based on it?

Reading the face

Reading the face

Row of face illustrations

Row of illustrated faces

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