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

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)

    Details from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1908)
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    Love & Lust

    Details from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1908)

    The “Salad Oil Style” of Jan Toorop
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    Design & Typography, Death

    The “Salad Oil Style” of Jan Toorop

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)
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    Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography, Natural World, Food

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

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

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

    The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)
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    Love & Lust

    The Concealed Erotic Paintings of Sommonte (19th Century)

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

    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

    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

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)
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    People

    Painted Photograph of an Unknown Man (ca. 1855–70)

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Details from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1500)

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    Shakespeare in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

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

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

    The Art of Hidden Faces: Anthropomorphic Landscapes
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    Landscapes

    The Art of Hidden Faces: Anthropomorphic Landscapes

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

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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    People, Love & Lust

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)
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    Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England
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    Science & Medicine

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England

    The Key of Hell: an 18th-Century Manual on Black Magic
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Key of Hell: an 18th-Century Manual on Black Magic

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Harry Kellar’s Show Posters