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    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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    Technology

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

    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)

    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

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

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

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)
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    Geometry & Diagrams

    Max Brückner’s Collection of Polyhedral Models (1900)

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

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

    The Steps of Life
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    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    The Legs of the Opera (ca. 1862)
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    Music & Arts

    The Legs of the Opera (ca. 1862)

    The Map That Changed the Middle East (1916)
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    Maps, War

    The Map That Changed the Middle East (1916)

    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)

    Shakespeare in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Natural World, Strange Phenomena, The Future, Astronomy & Space

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

    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)

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)
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    Science & Medicine, Death

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)
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    Communication

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    The Music of Light: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Colour Analysis Charts (1902)
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    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

    The Music of Light: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Colour Analysis Charts (1902)

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)
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    Science & Medicine, War

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)