Second edition: Morecambe: Phrenological Institute, [1890?]

‘Character forms the nose’ claimed John Taylor, who ran a Phrenological Institute near Blackpool where he could be personally consulted. Examples of famous noses shown here include the Roman nose of the Duke of Wellington, revealing his character to be ‘decided, energetic, aggressive – it is the nose of the conqueror’. In contrast James Watt, the inventor, had a ‘cognitive nose’ showing him to be a serious thinker.
1912.7.3037, frontispiece