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Ethnographic tableau: Specimens of various races of mankind

Description:
Chart showing racist depictions of fifty-four, bust-length, portraits of men and one woman of different "races" from eight geographic regions to emphasize contrived differences in cranial characteristics. The “Geographical Distribution” includes I. Arctic, II. Asiatic, III. European, IV. African, V. American, VI. Polynesian, VII. Malayan, and VI...
Display date:
1857
Format:
image
Collections:
Digital Public Library of America
Contributors:
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Publisher:
PhiladelphiaLondon : J.B. Lippincott & CoTrubner & Co
Content partner:
The Library Company of Philadelphia
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