Caractères phrénologiques et physiognomoniques des contemporains les plus célèbres, selon les systèmes de Gall, Spurzheim, Lavater, etc.
A French phrenology and physiognomy study by Théodore Poupin, published in Brussels in 1837 by the Établissement encyclographique, aimed at readers interested in reading character from head shape and facial features. Its pictures are lithographed portrait busts of famous contemporaries in soft crayon-like shading against plain grey paper, with turned heads, open collars and cravats, giving a designer a model for dignified tonal portraiture and period menswear.
