Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Phrenological propensities: adhesiveness, inhabitiveness, constructiveness, combativeness, destructiveness; illustrated by a couple stuck in a bog, a snail in its shell, a spider in its web, a huge brawl, a bull in a china shop. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
Phrenological propensities: adhesiveness, inhabitiveness, constructiveness, combativeness, destructiveness; illustrated by a couple stuck in a bog, a snail in its shell, a spider in its web, a huge brawl, a bull in a china shop. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.
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Phrenological propensities: adhesiveness, inhabitiveness, constructiveness, combativeness, destructiveness; illustrated by a couple stuck in a bog, a snail in its shell, a spider in its web, a huge brawl, a bull in a china shop. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1826, after himself.

George Cruikshank · 1826

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Lettering: Adhesiveness - Inhabitiveness - Constructiveness - Combativeness - Destructiveness. Designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank, August 1st 1826.

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