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    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)
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    People, Technology, Humour & Satire

    Arcimboldo-esque Composite Portraits of Trades (ca. 1800)

    Maniac Chase (1904)
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    Humour & Satire

    Maniac Chase (1904)

    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

    The Confidence-Man (1857)
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    People, Stories, Humour & Satire

    The Confidence-Man (1857)

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)
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    People, Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)

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

    New Elucidations of Thomson’s Seasons (1822)

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

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

    The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
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    Humour & Satire

    The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)

    Thomas Edison Tells a Joke about a Liver (1906)
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    Humour & Satire

    Thomas Edison Tells a Joke about a Liver (1906)

    “Interruptions” performed by Tom Woottwell (1909)
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    Humour & Satire

    “Interruptions” performed by Tom Woottwell (1909)

    Thackerayana (1875)
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    Humour & Satire

    Thackerayana (1875)

    Pictures of Life and Character from the collection of Mr Punch (1887)
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    Humour & Satire

    Pictures of Life and Character from the collection of Mr Punch (1887)

    17 Numbered Lists from History
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    Wisdom, Humour & Satire

    17 Numbered Lists from History

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)
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    Humour & Satire

    One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)

    Artistic Creation (1901)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    Artistic Creation (1901)

    A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1711)
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    Wisdom, Humour & Satire

    A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1711)

    Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings (ca.1824)
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    Humour & Satire

    Dame Talkative’s Old Sayings (ca.1824)

    The Bouncer at the Blazing Rag (1902)
    Audio / 
    Humour & Satire

    The Bouncer at the Blazing Rag (1902)

    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)

    Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements (1885)
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    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography, Death, Humour & Satire

    Rhyming Drugstore Advertisements (1885)

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)

    *The Diary of a Nobody* (1919 edition)
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    Humour & Satire

    The Diary of a Nobody (1919 edition)