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    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Victorian

    The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905)

    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
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    Customs & Culture, Language, Victorian

    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)
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    Design & Typography, Novelty, Victorian

    The “Madame B Album” (ca. 1870s)

    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
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    Customs & Culture, Victorian

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Victorian, Death

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Victorian

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Victorian

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: *The Book of Fate* (1822)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Novelty, Strange Phenomena, Victorian

    Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: The Book of Fate (1822)

    Gustave Zander and the 19th-Century Gym
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    Science & Medicine, Sport, Victorian, Technology

    Gustave Zander and the 19th-Century Gym

    Aspirated Aspirations: Alfred Leach’s *The Letter H* (1880)
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    Victorian, Language

    Aspirated Aspirations: Alfred Leach’s The Letter H (1880)

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)
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    Victorian, Stories, Travel & Exploration

    Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)
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    Victorian, Customs & Culture

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)

    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)

    The Philosophy of Beards (1854)
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    Victorian, Fashion, Customs & Culture

    The Philosophy of Beards (1854)

    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)
    Books / 
    Victorian, Customs & Culture

    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)
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    Design & Typography, Victorian, Natural World

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)
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    Animals & Beasts, The 'Other', Victorian, Emotion and Expression

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist
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    Victorian, Fashion, Sex

    Photograph Collection of a 19th-Century Sexologist

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage
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    Victorian, Love

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Victorian, Emotion and Expression

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million
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    Victorian

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

    The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)
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    Science & Medicine, Victorian, Fashion

    The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)

    Bifurcated Girls: Vanity Fair Special Issue (1903)
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    People, Victorian, Fashion

    Bifurcated Girls: Vanity Fair Special Issue (1903)

    Illustrations from a Victorian book on Magic (1897)
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    Science & Medicine, Victorian

    Illustrations from a Victorian book on Magic (1897)