Forehead Collection (page 7)

Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, purple swamphen
Watercolour 331 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Black-jointed Gallinule, Goo la warring

Anous stolidus, brown noddy
Plate 88, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Somatera mollissma, common eider
Plate 7 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Ramphastos vittelinus culminatus, channel-billed toucan
Plate 238, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)

Carduelis tristis, American goldfinch
Plate 43, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Myiomela leucura, white-tailed robin

Regulus satrapa, golden-crowned kinglet
Watercolour drawing by John Abbot from his Birds of Georgia, (1827)

Asia, India, Jaipur. Folk Dancer in Rambah Palace. MR

PHYSIOGNOMY, 1637. Forehead of a poet and musician. Woodcut, 1637, from Ciro Spontinis Metoposcopia

Sleepless Night
A young woman holding her hand to her forehead during a sleepless night. Date: 1960s

Portrait of a middle-aged man
Head and shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man

Head muscles
Head musculature. Historical artwork of the facial and other head muscles (red) on a human skull. The temporal muscle is shown in the lower frame

Android software update. Conceptual computer artwork of an android human with a card inserted in her forehead that is installing new software in her brain

Barcode on a mans head, computer artwork. This could represent the tagging of people for surveillance purposes

Barcode on a womans head
Barcode on a womans forehead, computer artwork. This could represent the tagging of people for surveillance purposes

Puzzled woman
MODEL RELEASED. Puzzled womans eyes

Taking babys temperature
MODEL RELEASED. Taking babys temperature. Strip thermometer being used to measure the temperature of an 8 month old baby boy while he sleeps

Migraine. Conceptual artwork of a statue clutching its forehead, representing the pain of a migraine. A migraine is a recurrent headache which can be accompanied by nausea

Passage of time, conceptual artwork
Passage of time, conceptual computer artwork

Humanoid and barcode, artwork
Humanoid and barcode, computer artwork

Healing crystal
MODEL RELEASED. Healing crystal. Womans head with a healing crystal on her forehead. This crystal is an amethyst, a type of coloured quartz (silicon dioxide)

Raised temperature
MODEL RELEASED. Raised temperature. Elderly woman holding the back of her hand to her forehead to check whether she has a raised body temperature

Headache, conceptual artwork
Headache. Conceptual computer artwork showing the pain of a headache (represented as the red area on the head). The skull (white) and upper spine (bottom right) are shown within an outline (blue)

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Early London to Paris flight, aircraft and passengers
A group of passengers with an aircraft taking them on a London to Paris flight, in the early days of aviation. The pilot stands on the left, with his goggles up on his forehead

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon, medical scientist and founder of antiseptic surgery

Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954), as a member of the Borussia Corps of Bonn University in about 1904

Sj Perelman / Morgan
SIDNEY JOSEPH PERELMAN American writer: humorist, journalist and dramatist

Russian Students / C1900
Two Russian students with a variety of baggage

Circus Acrobats / Moscow
At the Moscow State Circus, a male acrobat skilfully balances a female acrobat on his forehead. Presumably she is going to spin around in the strange metal contraption!

Ash Wednesday Custom
On ASH WEDNESDAY, the first day of Lent, Catholics go to church to be marked on the forehead with a cross in ash, as a sign of penitence

Hats by Rose Valois 1929
Russet coloured helmet style hat with a soft brim turned back at the forehead and draped asymmetrically on one side; grey fur beret style hat

Playing with Daughter
A mother plays with her child by blowing on her forehead

Esp / Psychometry
An unidentified psychometrist holds an object to her forehead, hoping to sense information about the owner

Caricature of Paul Verlaine, French poet
Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a caricature, with the word Anarchy written across his forehead, playing a lyre, with an arrow stuck through a heart

Female impala, Aepyceros melampus, with redbilled oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus, in Kruger national park, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Sterne (Bramati)
LAURENCE STERNE author, depicted in pensive mood with his characteristic finger-on-forehead gesture

th Morgan / Nobel 1933
THOMAS HUNT MORGAN American geneticist

Lyra / Nicolas / Thevet 1584
NICOLAS DE LYRA French theologian

Justus Lipsius / Boulonois
JUSTUS LIPSIUS Flemish humanist and philosopher

Johann N Von Dreyse / Winv
JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE German inventor of weapons

Philippo Decio / Larmessin
PHILIPPO DECIO Italian jurist

Cockburn / Alexander / Vfair
SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN British jurist

Dressmakers Bill
What has brought furrows to this young ladys forehead ? Her dressmakers bill, known as la douloureuse (the painful one)

Bewick Hooded Seal
(cystophoro cristata) A native of Greenland, it has a fold of skin on its forehead with which it can cover its eyes and nose

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"Unveiling the Secrets of the Forehead: From Barn Swallows to Roman Emperors" The forehead, a canvas for nature's artistry, adorned with feathers like the Hirundo rustica, or barn swallow. Just as the Dendrocopos major, or great spotted woodpecker, hammers its beak against trees, our foreheads bear witness to life's knocks and challenges. Titus (39-81 AD), a Roman Emperor immortalized in marble busts, wore his wisdom and power on his majestic forehead. Migraine pain can transform even the smoothest forehead into a battlefield of throbbing agony. Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, known as the horned woman due to her rare condition called cutaneous horns, had an extraordinary story written across her unique forehead. Like Sterna albifrons, or little terns soaring through skies above ocean waves; our foreheads guide us towards new horizons and adventures. A boy measuring his temperature places a thermometer against his feverish forehead - a gateway to understanding health and well-being. Orson Welles' iconic voice echoed through Columbia Pictures while his expressive forehead captivated audiences worldwide with its depth of emotion. Varese Shoes 1928 revolutionized fashion by adorning women's foreheads with exquisite headpieces that turned heads wherever they went. Just as Giraffa camelopardalis stands tall among savannah grasslands with its elongated neck and graceful stride; our foreheads symbolize elegance and poise in human form. Pathan Dancing Girls from Peshawar in Pakistan's NWFP region mesmerize spectators with their rhythmic movements while their radiant foreheads reflect cultural traditions passed down through generations. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) left scars etched upon Spain's history just as gunshots pierced the foreheads of those caught in the crossfire.