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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow. Reproduced in Morison’s 'Outlines of Lectures' (1848) plate 18.

'Richard S: Aged thirty-nine, an idiot from birth, has been all his life in the work-house. This idiot is…

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C G [Charles Gow].

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Unsigned. Adapted from plate IV in Esquirol 'Des Maladies Mentales' vol 1. Sitter identified as Teroenne or Théroigne de Méricourt, courtesan and popular leader during the French revolution,…

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Ch [Charles] Gow.

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Chas Gow.

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed Chas Gow.

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

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Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 42 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [François Rochard].

'This person was a tailor, and has been about twelve years insane — his…
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