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Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

Strange Phenomena, Religion, Myth & Legend

Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany

Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*

Customs & Culture, Politics, War

Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

A Bestiary of Loss

Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

A Bestiary of Loss

The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)

Music & Arts, Emotion & Expression

The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)

The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)

Religion, Myth & Legend

The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)

Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

*Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

Religion, Myth & Legend

Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

The Stream of Time (1803–58)

The Stream of Time (1803–58)

Ferdinand van Kessel’s *Four Parts of the World* (ca. 1689)

Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

Ferdinand van Kessel’s Four Parts of the World (ca. 1689)

Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493)

Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493)

Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon *Prachtwerk* (1906)

Animals & Beasts, Natural World

Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon Prachtwerk (1906)

Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)

Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)

An Iconic Line: Claude Mellan’s *The Sudarium of Saint Veronica* (1649)

Religion, Myth & Legend

An Iconic Line: Claude Mellan’s The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649)

“When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s *The New Zealander* (1872)

Architecture, Death, Colonialism & the 'Other', Travel & Exploration, The Future

“When London is in Ruins”: Gustave Doré’s The New Zealander (1872)

700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art

Religion, Myth & Legend

700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

Figure/Ground: Alphonse Allais’ *April Fools Album* (1897)

Humour & Satire

Figure/Ground: Alphonse Allais’ April Fools Album (1897)

Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)

Natural World, Design & Typography

Festooned: Martin Gerlach’s Decorative Groupings (1897)

Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

Geometry & Diagrams, Design & Typography

Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)

Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)

Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

Stories, Travel & Exploration

Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s *Historical Atlas* (1830)

Clouds of Unknowing: Edward Quin’s Historical Atlas (1830)

Science & Medicine

A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s *À Edgar Poe* (1882)

Ghosts & Occult

A Remembrance of Aerial Forms: Odilon Redon’s À Edgar Poe (1882)

Visualizing History: The Polish System

Visualizing History: The Polish System

Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th century)

Religion, Myth & Legend, Sport & Exercise

Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th century)

A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)

A Book of Stone: Adam Wirsing’s Marmora (1776)

Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

Design & Typography, Natural World

Plants and Their Application to Ornament (1896)

August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)

Astronomy & Space

August Strindberg’s Celestographs (1893–4)

Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s *Bizzarie di Varie Figure* (1624)

Geometry & Diagrams

Giovanni Battista Bracelli’s Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624)

Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Communication

Medieval Pattern Poems of Rabanus Maurus (9th Century)

The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

Design & Typography

The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

Communication, Geometry & Diagrams

Robert Fludd’s Memory Tricks (1617)

Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

Ghosts & Occult

Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

Animals & Beasts

Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

Ghosts & Occult

The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

Animals & Beasts, Natural World

Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e

Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e

The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)

Humour & Satire

The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)

Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)

Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom

Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography, Natural World, Food

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

Animals & Beasts, Wisdom

Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

Animals & Beasts

Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

Politics, Geometry & Diagrams

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

The Human Alphabet

Design & Typography

The Human Alphabet

Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

Animals & Beasts

Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)

Geometry & Diagrams

Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)

Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

Colonialism & the 'Other', Natural World, Strange Phenomena, The Future, Astronomy & Space

Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

Science & Medicine

Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)

Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins (1843)

Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)

Natural World, Strange Phenomena

The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)

Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

Science & Medicine, Natural World

Watercolours from a 16th-Century De Materia Medica

Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)

Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)

16th-Century Ornament Prints

Design & Typography, Architecture

16th-Century Ornament Prints

The Art of Dreams

People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

The Art of Dreams

Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)

Design & Typography

Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)

A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

People, Fashion

A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585)

Flowers of the Sky

Astronomy & Space

Flowers of the Sky

Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

Science & Medicine, Natural World

Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909)

An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

Design & Typography

An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)

People, Politics

Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)

Sartorial Foresight: *Future Dictates of Fashion* (1893)

Books /

Fashion, The Future

Sartorial Foresight: Future Dictates of Fashion (1893)

The Tibetan Book of Proportions

Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend, Geometry & Diagrams

The Tibetan Book of Proportions

Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours

Animals & Beasts

Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours

Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)

Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)

The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)

Animals & Beasts, People

The World Turned Upside Down (18th century)

Sketches by Yoshitoshi (1882)

Sketches by Yoshitoshi (1882)

Decayed Daguerreotypes

Decayed Daguerreotypes

Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

Science & Medicine, Landscapes, Natural World

Plates from Robert Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1807)

The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

The Calaveras of José Guadalupe Posada

Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)

Science & Medicine

Coloured plates from Gautier D'Agoty's Essai d’Anatomie (1745)

The Bestiarium of Aloys Zötl (1831-1887)

Animals & Beasts

The Bestiarium of Aloys Zötl (1831-1887)

Kaishi Hen, an 18th-Century Japanese Anatomical Atlas

Science & Medicine

Kaishi Hen, an 18th-Century Japanese Anatomical Atlas

J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from *The Flowers Personified* (1847)

Fashion, Natural World

J. J. Grandville’s Illustrations from The Flowers Personified (1847)

Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000

Science & Medicine, Technology, The Future

Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000

The Illuminated Sketchbook of Stephan Schriber (1494)

The Illuminated Sketchbook of Stephan Schriber (1494)

Images from Japanese Design Magazine *Shin-Bijutsukai* (1902)

Design & Typography

Images from Japanese Design Magazine Shin-Bijutsukai (1902)

Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s *Tales of Mystery and Imagination* (1919)

Ghosts & Occult

Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)

Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space, The Future

Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Sessions for the Blind at Sunderland Museum

Sessions for the Blind at Sunderland Museum

The Spirit Photographs of William Hope

People, Ghosts & Occult, Death

The Spirit Photographs of William Hope

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