Analysis Collection (page 2)

Our Picture shews the chief lines on the hand (colour litho)
2800158 Our Picture shews the chief lines on the hand (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Picture shews the chief lines on the hand. A)

Comic postcard, Two men in an office Date: 20th century

LIghting effects in Peep Show at London Hippodrome
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating how the lighting effects of specialist Adrian Samoiloff could change a scene completely in Peep Show at the London Hippodrome

Illustration of a species of fungus, from Diarium Botanicum by the artist
BLT177810 Illustration of a species of fungus, from Diarium Botanicum by the artist, 1786 (pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832); Bibliotheque de l Institut de France, Paris

Illustration from Europe: a Prophecy, Lambeth, 1794 (ink & w / c on paper)
715570 Illustration from Europe: a Prophecy, Lambeth, 1794 (ink & w/c on paper) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 37.5x27 cm; Glasgow University Library

Craniological map of the head and the compression cap, caricature of phrenology
CHT164121 Craniological map of the head and the compression cap, caricature of phrenology (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Musee d Histoire de la Medecine, Paris

The Triangle (3) (colour litho)
2800206 The Triangle (3) (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Triangle (3)

Hard Hands (colour litho)
2800204 Hard Hands (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hard Hands. When a hand with firm pressure indicates resistence)

Time (colour litho)
2800202 Time (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Time. This is a chart shewing how to calculate time)

Small Triangles (colour litho)
2800198 Small Triangles (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Small Triangles. These are favourable signs. On Jupiter, success in diplomacy)

Crosses (colour litho)
2800195 Crosses (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crosses. A badly made or uneven cross is always a bad sign)

Squares (colour litho)
2800193 Squares (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Squares. A square, speaking generally, is a good sign)

Marriage (colour litho)
2800190 Marriage (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marriage. These lines are found passing horizontally across the Mount of Mercury from the outside of)

The Line of Life (colour litho)
2800184 The Line of Life (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Line of Life. This line indicates the length of life and health and illness)

Mount of Venus (colour litho)
2800177 Mount of Venus (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount of Venus. The 3rd phalange of the thumb)

Types of Thumbs (colour litho)
2800164 Types of Thumbs (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Types of Thumbs. A. Clubbed thumb, indicates an ungovernable temper. B)

The Analysis of Beauty II by William Hogarth -- men and women dancing in a grand salon. 18th century

Inventive imagination (chromolitho)
1094393 Inventive imagination (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inventive imagination)

Grilles (colour litho)
2800197 Grilles (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grilles. Grilles (or Cross Bars) are usually obstacles

Ring of Venus (colour litho)
2800191 Ring of Venus (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ring of Venus. This is a half circle formed by a line starting from between the first)

Long Hands (colour litho)
2800183 Long Hands (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Long Hands. These shew a capacity for detail)

Quadrangle (colour litho)
2800181 Quadrangle (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quadrangle. This is the space between the lines of Head and Heart)

Nails (colour litho)
2800171 Nails (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nails. Short and square nails indicate a fighting temper)

The Triangle (2) (colour litho)
2800205 The Triangle (2) (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Triangle (2)

Mount of Luna (colour litho)
2800176 Mount of Luna (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount of Luna. This mount shews imagination; refinement; poetry; harmony in music;)

Mount of Mercury (colour litho)
2800175 Mount of Mercury (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount of Mercury)

Mount of Saturn (colour litho)
2800173 Mount of Saturn (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount of Saturn. The qualities indicated by this mount are prudence and wisdom)

Phrenological study, from a manuscript of Doctor Philippe Jean Pelletan (1747-1829
CHT164120 Phrenological study, from a manuscript of Doctor Philippe Jean Pelletan (1747-1829) library (pen and ink on paper) (b/w photo) by French School

The Sick Lady (engraving)
820577 The Sick Lady (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sick Lady, depicting a lady lying in bed with man examining contents of a bottle next to her)

Expressions de la Physionomie, Indiquees avec la plus grande simplicite (engraving)
3646093 Expressions de la Physionomie, Indiquees avec la plus grande simplicite (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Expressions de la Physionomie)

Illustration from Europe: a Prophecy, Lambeth, 1794 (ink & w / c on paper)
715577 Illustration from Europe: a Prophecy, Lambeth, 1794 (ink & w/c on paper) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 37.5x27 cm; Glasgow University Library

Mystic Cross (colour litho)
2800199 Mystic Cross (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mystic Cross. A cross formed in the shape of St Andrew Cross)

Dots (colour litho)
2800196 Dots (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dots. According to their position they are favourable or the reverse)

Islands (colour litho)
2800194 Islands (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Islands. These are made by the line dividing into two even branches)

Stars (colour litho)
2800192 Stars (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stars. Stars indicate circumstances, events and fatalities over which there is no personal control)

Line of Health (colour litho)
2800189 Line of Health (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Line of Health. The absence of this line is a sign of a strong constitution)

The Line of Fate (colour litho)
2800187 The Line of Fate (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Line of Fate. This line indicates worldly success or failure)

Mount of Mars (colour litho)
2800179 Mount of Mars (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount of Mars. Passive)

Spaces between Fingers (colour litho)
2800170 Spaces between Fingers (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spaces between Fingers)

Thumb (colour litho)
2800169 Thumb (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thumb. 1st, 2nd and 3rd phalanges)

Knot of Order (colour litho)
2800163 Knot of Order (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Knot of Order. The lower joint of the fingers)

Smooth Spatulate Finger Hands (colour litho)
2800161 Smooth Spatulate Finger Hands (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smooth Spatulate Finger Hands)

Smooth Square Finger Hands (colour litho)
2800160 Smooth Square Finger Hands (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smooth Square Finger Hands)

Sketchbook (85pp) containing watercolours and drawings relating to the Mass Observation
2973906 Sketchbook (85pp) containing watercolours and drawings relating to the Mass Observation Project in Bolton and Blackpool, 1938 (pencil on paper) by Bell

Map of the 24 French Universities, the Academies and other Literary Societies in France
CHT391150 Map of the 24 French Universities, the Academies and other Literary Societies in France, 1766 (coloured engraving) by French School

Title Page for An enquiry into the authenticity of the poems ascribed to Ossian
XJF441210 Title Page for An enquiry into the authenticity of the poems ascribed to Ossian by William Shaw, published 1781 (printed paper) by English School

Rotunda at the Bank of England, 1804 (engraving)
GHL239456 Rotunda at the Bank of England, 1804 (engraving) by Edwards (fl.1804); London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; (add.info)

Money trouble (chromolitho)
1094394 Money trouble (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Money trouble. French educational card, late 19th or early 20th century)

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