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    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art
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    Natural World

    “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

    Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree of Norse Mythology
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree of Norse Mythology

    Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)
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    Politics, Ghosts & Occult, Victorian, War

    Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)

    Robert Fludd's Memory Tricks (1617)
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    Language, Geometry & Diagrams

    Robert Fludd's Memory Tricks (1617)

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)
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    Space & The Future

    Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874)

    Kumataro Ito's Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross' Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Kumataro Ito's Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross' Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)

    Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons (ca. 1838–42)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons (ca. 1838–42)

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)

    Images from German "Caterpillar Calendar" (1837)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from German "Caterpillar Calendar" (1837)

    The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)
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    War

    The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)

    On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata (1868)
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    Landscapes, Natural World

    On the Disposition of Iron in Variegated Strata (1868)

    Émile-Antoine Bayard's Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)
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    Space & The Future, Technology

    Émile-Antoine Bayard's Illustrations for Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1870)

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)
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    Animals & Beasts, Wisdom

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

    William Sharp's Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)
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    Natural World

    William Sharp's Chromolithographs of The Great Water Lily (1854)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

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

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

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

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Space & The Future

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

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