Bumps Collection

Satire on Phrenology
Satire on the study of Phrenology - a Free Knowledgey - illustrating the worst elements of human behavious illustrated in different zones of the head (including Obscene Language, criminal activity)

Phrenology bust. Phrenology was a popular pseudoscience of the nineteenth century. The basis for the theory lay in a misplaced belief that a persons character

Brazilian Grand Prix - Sunday Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 27th November 2011. World Copyright: Steve Etherington/LAT Photographic ref: Digital Image SNE27915

Stockness place
Alfonso maseda varela

Witch with black cat on her shoulder (engraving)
3627867 Witch with black cat on her shoulder (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Witch with black cat on her shoulder)

Phrenology (colour litho)
3641606 Phrenology (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phrenology. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Comic postcard, Sale of wrong product - customer and barber Date: 20th century

A Bumper Mistake by Lawson Wood - Phrenology
The Phrenologist: Bless my soul, Sir; your bump of destructiveness is most abnormally large. You must be a soldier. The Subject: Oh, dear no; I m a chauffeur. Date: 1912

Feeling his Bumps (engraving)
5212836 Feeling his Bumps (engraving) by Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feeling his Bumps)

Eights week, Oxford (colour photo)
3094936 Eights week, Oxford (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eights week, Oxford. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

"Holidays with pay". The Ministry of Agriculture required 150
" Holidays with pay". The Ministry of Agriculture required 150, 000 volunteers to help on the land; since April 14, 50, 000 have applied. Surroundings, good food and plenty of fun

Sunday Pictorial 1957 Beach Party. Angela Manselle seen here being giving the bumps on Morecombe beach. 10th August 1957 watscan - - 06/07/2010

EyeUbiquitous_20114453
England, Kent, Tunbridge Wells, 20mph zone outside primary school

Tiny (10mm) pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) sheltering in seafan (Muricella sp)
Tiny (10mm) pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) sheltering in seafan (Muricella sp.) Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea

Franz Gall, German physiologist
Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828), German physiologist. Gall believed that the brains shape was related to mental capacity and that different parts of the brain controlled specific parts of the human

Southern Elephant Seal pups play fighting, Antarctica
Portrait of two southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) with comical expressions play fighting; South Georgia Island, Antarctica

Two humpback whales surfacing the water of the Southern Ocean off of Antarctica
Close-up portrait of two humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing and splashing in the water of the Southern Ocean off of Antarctica; Southern Ocean, Antarctica

Detail of cottonwood tree bark in winter, Nulato, Alaska, USA
Detail of cottonwood tree bark (Populus) pattern in winter; Nulato, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States of America

Orange Fruit On Green Background

Lemon

Zanzibar, Tanzania; Sand Patterns

Cambridge Boat Club crew and spectators on the River Cam near Ditton Corner, for the traditional Lent or May Bumps races. Date: circa 1900

Canadian Chap is thrown jovially into the air by his chums, who hopefully are as adept at cathcing as they are at throwing... Date: circa 1910

Music cover, Boomps-A-Daisy, a new old-fashioned party dance, words and music by Annette Mills. 1939

Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits lose their way
Bumps and Bruises -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits lose their way and get bumped and bruised. Date: 1912

Childrens Games (Kinderspiele): detail of bottom right-hand corner depicting
XAM93757 Childrens Games (Kinderspiele): detail of bottom right-hand corner depicting children playing with bricks, hoops and a barrel, 1560 (oil on panel) (detail of 68945) by Bruegel

French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leaking
French WW2 Propaganda postcard showing the German Defensive Siegfried Line having been attacked and sprung a leak! The fish is wittily asking the bashed-up German soldiers

Unhelpful Phrenological assessment of a Park Loafer. Phrenologist (to Park Loafer) - " Now, you re full o Nerves, you are

Early blisters of pear leaf blister mite, Eriophyes pyri, red on young pear foliage and flower peduncles in spring

Phrenology: measuring bumps on boys head to assess his future. On wall is picture of Gall (1757-1828) founder of the theory that shape of skull related to intellectual capacity and behaviour

The Phrenologist. Phrenology, the assessment of a subjects mental faculties by study of the external conformation of the cranium

Echinoids - Phymosoma: Fossilized in chalk, featuring numerous smooth spines

Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, side view standing in dirt, brown skin, long mane flowing from head to middle-back, huge head, jaws bearing two sets of tusks, two pairs of bumps on face

Echinus escelentus, edible sea urchin above view upper or aboral surface with dermal bumps arranged radially in rows around the central hole

Pregnant pygmy seahorse in Indonesia
Pregnant pygmy seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. This species only grows to a couple of cm long. Found on seafan in West Maitara, Tidore, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Cowrie shell hidden on whip coral
An allied cowrie, Hiata sp. Camouflaged on host whip coral. Photographed at Lilai North, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

Getting his bumps

Eights Week - Oxford
Summer Eights is a bumps race that constitutes Oxford Universitys main intercollegiate rowing event of the year. The regatta takes place in May every year

Solder bumps, SEM
Solder bumps. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of rows of solder bumps on a substrate. Solder is a metal alloy that is melted to join metallic surfaces. The process is known as soldering

Phrenology busts, side view. Phrenology was a popular pseudoscience of the nineteenth century. The basis for the theory lay in a misplaced belief that a persons character

Phrenology model of a head. The pseudo-science of phrenology was based on the belief that a persons intellect and personality were related to the shape of their skull and scalp

French Manual
D APRES LES BOSSES DE LA TETE (by the bumps of the head) - a French guide to the science of phrenology

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"Bumps: A Satirical Journey into Phrenology and Beyond" Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, as we delve into the curious world of "bumps". Prepare to be amazed by the absurdity that once captivated minds across centuries. Phrenology, a pseudoscience popular in the 19th century, claimed to reveal one's character traits by examining bumps on their skull. Picture yourself in an old study adorned with a Phrenology bust, its serious expression hiding its comical nature. In Stockness Place, where imagination runs wild, a witch with her black cat perched on her shoulder gazes at an engraving of phrenological charts. Oh, how they believed these bumps held secrets. But wait. In this comic postcard from the 20th century, witness a sale gone wrong as a customer receives an unexpected product from his barber. Perhaps even barbers were trying their hand at reading bumps. "A Bumper Mistake" by Lawson Wood brings us laughter through art as we question the accuracy of phrenological claims. Can you truly determine someone's character just by feeling their bumps? Eights Week at Oxford captures vibrant student life in color photos. Amidst all the festivities and academic pursuits lies another opportunity for bump enthusiasts to explore this peculiar science. And who can resist marveling at EyeUbiquitous_20114453? This captivating image takes us underwater to witness nature's tiny wonders – like a pygmy seahorse sheltering amidst colorful seafans. Do they too possess secret bumps revealing their true selves? So let us embark on this whimsical journey through time and imagination – where satire meets curiosity and our fascination with "bumps" knows no bounds.