Phrenology cast of head of Eustache Belin, 1838-1842

Phrenology cast of head of Eustache Belin, 1838-1842

Boston Phrenological Society

Phrenology

Head

Plaster phrenology cast of head of Eustache Belin. Cast is tan in color and displays Belin's head on rectangular base. Belin's eyes and mouth are closed. One large section is missing from right ear.

Unknown

1838-1842, between

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WAM 03235

The Boston Phrenological Society most likely acquired a copy of a Belin cast from Edinburgh Phrenological Society founder George Combe when his American lecture tour stopped in Boston in 1838. Combe derived his cast from the original cast created by the Paris Phrenological Society. Belin had lived in Paris and died there in 1835. Dr. John Collins Warren purchased the Boston Phrenological Society's collection in 1847 after the Society’s dissolution. In 1849, Dr. Warren took physical custody of the collection and temporarily transferred it to the ‘Mastodon Rooms’ on Chestnut Street before moving the collection to its intended permanent location in the new medical school building on North Grove Street.

Phrenology cast

17 W x 21 D x 30 H cm