Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire
Dublin Core
Title
Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire
Subject
Insanity, Crime, Science, Medicine, Phrenology, Mental Illness
Description
The image shows three examples of phrenologic traits associated with insanity. On the left is a mentally defective person, and in the middle is a mad woman. The final sketching is of French murderer P.F. Lacenaire.
Creator
Jean Pierre Thenot, Caroline Picard
Source
Publisher
Paris (rue de Seine St Germain. 38, à l'Athenée des Beaux arts) : [publisher not identified], 1842 ([Paris] : Imp. Gendré)
Date
1842
Contributor
Kelly Collins
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Format
Image- PDF; Original- Lithograph ; image 12 x 19.2 cm
Language
French
Type
Lithograph; Still image
Identifier
Wellcome Library no. 27673i
Coverage
19th Century
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 print : lithograph
Physical Dimensions
12 x 19.2 cm
Files
Citation
Jean Pierre Thenot, Caroline Picard, “Three heads showing phrenological traits associated with insanity: a mentally defective person, a mad woman, and the murderer P.F. Lacenaire,” Enlightenmens, accessed January 28, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/570.