[Photolithographic plates from photographs of the apparatus and photographing of skulls and testing the cranial capacity of them in On composite photography as applied to craniology]

Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913. On composite photography as applied to craniology · 1886

"24 photolithographic plates from photographs (heavily retouched) of the apparatus and photographing of skulls and testing the cranial capacity of them. The photolithographs are by Julius Bien, New York. The pseudo-science of craniology and the measurement of skulls to relate differences in mental abilities is unlikely from today's perspective...The use of photolithography and printing in rich dark reddish browns also sets this work apart from the average."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 88