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    Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)
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    Politics

    Scenes relating to the life of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788)

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)
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    Politics

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)

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

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

    Letters to My Sister of our Experiences on Our First Trip to Europe, 1913
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    Colonialism & the ‘Other’, War

    Letters to My Sister of our Experiences on Our First Trip to Europe, 1913

    Stereoscopic Victorian Christmas GIFs
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    Stereoscopic Victorian Christmas GIFs

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million
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    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)
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    Music & Arts

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

    The Chinese Fairy Book (1921)
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    Stories

    The Chinese Fairy Book (1921)

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People

    Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

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

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

    W. F. Hooley reads Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1898)
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    Politics, War

    W. F. Hooley reads Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1898)

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)
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    People

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)
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    Fashion

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)

    Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)

    Jap Herron: A Novel written from the Ouija Board (1917)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Jap Herron: A Novel written from the Ouija Board (1917)

    Tommy Burns knocking out Bill Squires (1907)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Tommy Burns knocking out Bill Squires (1907)

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)
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    Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)

    The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David
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    People

    The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David

    Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1785)
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    Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1785)

    Two songs from Verdi’s La Traviata (1910)
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    Two songs from Verdi’s La Traviata (1910)

    A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)
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    Music & Arts

    A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land