Physiognomy | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates a resident of 10 Guinea Street who conducted physiognomical studies from photographic portraits sent by mail order.

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Clip Info
  • Clip length: 4'47''
  • Broadcast year: 2020
Curriculum Connection
  • History | Medicine in Britain, c1000-present | c1700-c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain | Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
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  • Provider: BBC
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Programme: A House Through Time
  • Series: 3
  • Episode: 2
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