Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 355
group before us. Observe the poor forlorn woman,in the lower right-hand corner of the picture, with such a woe-begone look. She has lost her babe and her reason at thesame time. The poor creature has picked up and dressed abillet of wood, and is trying to persuade herself that it is herreal child.… … the view of a world from which, to the poor desolatepvery ray of brightness seems to have departed. The first figure above, with the bunchof herbs in one hand and tearing his hairwith the other, seems to he exhausted bydyspepsia or other bodily complaint, andhe has an impression that the herbs…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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