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    The Splash of a Drop (1895)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)
    Books / 
    Communication, Crime & Law

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
    Images / 
    Technology

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

    With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825

    A Traveler from Altruria (1894)
    Books / 
    Customs & Culture

    A Traveler from Altruria (1894)

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

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

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

    My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum (1879)

    Guess Me (1879)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Guess Me (1879)

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

    Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

    Fables for the Frivolous (1899)
    Books / 
    Stories

    Fables for the Frivolous (1899)

    The Steps of Life
    Images / 
    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    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)

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

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

    Shakespeare in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Shakespeare in Art

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts

    Catalogue from Belcher Mosaic Glass Co. (1886)

    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)
    Images / 
    Communication

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)
    Books / 
    Communication

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)

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

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)