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    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture

    The Tomb and the Telephone Box: Soane’s Mausoleum (1816)

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)
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    Design & Typography, Architecture, Music & Arts

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
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    Love & Lust

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library
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    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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    Landscapes

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
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    Customs & Culture

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

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

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

    Adeline Harris Sears’ Autographs Quilt (1856–ca.1863)
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    People

    Adeline Harris Sears’ Autographs Quilt (1856–ca.1863)

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

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)

    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)
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    Communication

    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)

    Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)

    The Whims (1799) and The Follies (1815–23) of Francisco Goya
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Humour & Satire

    The Whims (1799) and The Follies (1815–23) of Francisco Goya

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

    The “Salad Oil Style” of Jan Toorop

    Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom

    Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)
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    Technology, Geometry & Diagrams, Crime & Law, Emotion & Expression

    Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)

    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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    Technology, Astronomy & Space

    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)