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People with albinism

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  • John Boby, a black man with white markings. Reproduction of an etching, 1803.
  • An Italian bandit offering a French gentleman the piebald one of three 'hottentot' (steatopygous) women; representing Louis Sambon and Raphael Blanchard at an international medical congress. Halftone after M.S. Orr, 1913.
  • An Italian bandit offering a French gentleman the piebald one of three 'hottentot' (steatopygous) women; representing Louis Sambon and Raphael Blanchard at an international medical congress. Halftone after M.S. Orr, 1913.
  • Four figures: Geneviève, an albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin; the conjoint twins Hélène and Judith; and Maria Herig who had a skin disease. Engraving after J. de Sève, 1777.
  • A beautiful young albino woman. Stipple engraving, 1816.
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    John Boby, a black man with white markings. Reproduction of an etching, 1803.

    | Date: 1 October 1803 | Reference: 172i
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    Four figures: Geneviève, an albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin; the conjoint twins Hélène and Judith; and Maria Herig who had a skin disease. Engraving after J. de Sève, 1777.

    | Reference: 2347i
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    An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by Schmitz after J. de Sève.

    Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788. | Reference: 2919i
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    A beautiful young albino woman. Stipple engraving, 1816.

    | Date: 1 November 1816 | Reference: 2924i
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    Unzie, an albino Aboriginal man with an abundance of white hair. Reproduction by Sedgwick after a photograph by Wendt, late nineteenth century.

    Wendt. | Reference: 2221i
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