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    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)
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    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)

    Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)
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    Maps

    Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries (1868)

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
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    War

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)

    Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)

    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)
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    War

    The War Art of Paul Nash (1917–1944)

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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    Maps

    The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

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

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

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Edward Curtis’ Photographs of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks (ca. 1914)

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
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    Technology

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians
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    People

    Marcus Selmer’s Photographs of 19th-Century Norwegians

    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

    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions
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    A Selection from The MET’s Public Domain Collection, Now Free from All Restrictions

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
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    Politics, Geometry & Diagrams

    W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)
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    Architecture, Maps

    The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas
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    People, War, Geometry & Diagrams

    The “Living Photographs” of Mole and Thomas

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)
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    Communication, Emotion & Expression

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)