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    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)
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    War

    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

    The Burning Stable (1896)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Burning Stable (1896)

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass
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    People, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Texts in Mathias Enard’s Compass

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)
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    People, Technology, Humour & Satire

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)

    Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)
    Audio / 
    Music & Arts

    Scenes from Rip Van Winkle (1903)

    The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

    The Wise Boys: or, The Entertaining Histories of Fred Forethought, Matt Merrythought, Luke Lovebook and Ben Bee (ca. 1842)
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    People, Wisdom

    The Wise Boys: or, The Entertaining Histories of Fred Forethought, Matt Merrythought, Luke Lovebook and Ben Bee (ca. 1842)

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)

    What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation? (1863)
    Books / 
    Politics

    What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation? (1863)

    John McCormack - Recordings: 1911-1940
    Audio

    John McCormack - Recordings: 1911-1940

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    Maniac Chase (1904)
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    Humour & Satire

    Maniac Chase (1904)

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
    Images / 
    Technology

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)

    A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    A Journey Round my Room (1871 edition)

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians
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    People

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)

    Yellow Journalism: The “Fake News” of the 19th Century
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    Politics, Humour & Satire

    Yellow Journalism: The “Fake News” of the 19th Century

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions
    Images

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

    Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)
    Audio / 
    Death

    Francesco Tamagno sings Verdi’s Otello, Death Scene (1903)

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
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    Politics, Geometry & Diagrams

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