Members of the British Association playing at phrenology on board a ship on its way to South Africa. Photograph by J.T. Bottomley, 1905.

  • British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Date:
1905
Reference:
534423i
Part of:
The British Association Meeting. S.Africa.
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A man is applying calipers to the head of the president of the British Association, Sir George Darwin, pretending to use him as a subject of phrenology (or physical anthropology?)

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1905

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1 photograph (album folio 1 verso) : photoprint ; image 9.7 x 7.5 cm

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"Callipering" the President's head, SS. Saxon. J.T. Bottomley.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 534423i

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