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    Raja Harishchandra (1913)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Raja Harishchandra (1913)

    New Elucidations of Thomson’s Seasons (1822)
    Images / 
    Death, Humour & Satire

    New Elucidations of Thomson’s Seasons (1822)

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Emotion & Expression

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)

    Shakespeare in Art
    Images / 
    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Natural World, Strange Phenomena, The Future, Astronomy & Space

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

    The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar (ca. 1621)
    Images / 
    War, Death

    The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar (ca. 1621)

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)

    Sourire d’Avril (1906)
    Audio

    Sourire d’Avril (1906)

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

    Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)
    Books / 
    Natural World, Customs & Culture, Technology

    Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)
    Images / 
    Communication

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea (1760)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Chrysal; or, The Adventures of a Guinea (1760)

    Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)
    Film / 
    Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)

    The Music of Light: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Colour Analysis Charts (1902)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

    The Music of Light: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Colour Analysis Charts (1902)

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, War

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)

    Books and Bookmen (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Books and Bookmen (1886)

    The Art of Hidden Faces: Anthropomorphic Landscapes
    Images / 
    Landscapes

    The Art of Hidden Faces: Anthropomorphic Landscapes

    Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)
    Film / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)

    The American Woods
    Images / 
    Natural World

    The American Woods

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

    D.O.A. (1950)
    Film / 
    Crime & Law

    D.O.A. (1950)

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)
    Books / 
    People, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    Sketches in Bedlam (1823)