Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
Wellcome Collection

Four faces: a European, a Mongolian, an Ethiopian, and a profile of Samuel Johnson; three frontal silhouettes; three skulls of the same races seen from above (in the order European, Ethiopian and Mongolian). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.

1824

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Physiognomy. 16. European face. 17. Mongolian. 18. Ethiopian. 19. Profile of Dr. Johnson. 20, 21, 22. European, Ethiopian, and Mongolian, Skulls, seen from above. 23, 24, 25. Back views of the head.

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