The Monster (1903)

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

Twelve Years a Slave (1859)

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

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

Stereoscopic Victorian Christmas GIFs

The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

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

Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)

Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

The Chinese Fairy Book (1921)

Fortunio Liceti’s Monsters (1665)

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

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

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

Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)

Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)

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

Tommy Burns knocking out Bill Squires (1907)

An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)

The Sketchbooks of Jacques-Louis David

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

Two songs from Verdi’s La Traviata (1910)

A Pamphlet on Verdi (1901)