Life in Victorian London

Life in Victorian London
Fictions and Forms of Revolution: London 1848
Showing posts with label physiognomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physiognomy. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Telling the Character to a Hair


What is the argument in this sketch from Punch? What methods of characterization does the person find acceptable/unacceptable? What does the article's opinion (and satire) say about the status of "scientific" characterization in the late 1840s? Why would people want to use phrenology and physiognomy (and other assorted methods of character analysis)? Alternatively, what might people have against such strategies?