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 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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Licence: ERA Licence required
Usage
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: A House Through Time
- Series: 3
- Episode: 2
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