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  • Kowloon, Hong Kong: five pirates awaiting beheading, while Chinese soldiers and dignitaries line up behind. Photograph, 1891.
  • Women on an island in the Strait of Magellan resisting capture or death at the hands of Dutch pirates under Olivier van Noort, 1598. Engraving by T. Bonnor, 1768.
  • An angler pulls in a raft on which Russian pirates are tied to a gibbet with hooks piercing into their flesh. Engraving by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig, 1805.
  • The pirate Storzenbecher (Störtebeker). Drawing, c. 1789, after D. Hopfer.
  • A boy and his cat are on a pirate ship. Coloured lithograph.
  • Three children standing in a street wearing the costumes of a witch, a lion and a pirate; an advertisement about the AIDS Forum Berlin e.V. supporting children and their families affected by AIDS and HIV. Photocopy.
  • Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.
  • Bacchus captured by sailors transforms them into dolphins. Engraving by J. Matham after D. Vinckeboons..
  • Two men wearing turbans standing in a harbour converse with a sailor while sailors and captives are seated on the ground. Etching by M. Schaep, 1649, after C. de Wael.
  • Parga, Albania (subsequently Greece): the castle, part of the town and the sea seen from the coast road. Colour lithograph after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
  • Hanoi, Vietnam: four seated men restrained by the cangue round their necks are being tried for violent crimes by the tribunal of the French resident; armed guards standing by. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard.
  • Chinese prisoners with their arms outstretched begging for money from an English visitor. Wood engraving by G. Dalziel, 1894.
  • An older woman is holding a tape measure to a young woman's waist as she stands in front of a mirror. Engraving by C. Rolls after J. Inskipp.
  • Two amateur actors embrace on the deck of a ship; one is in drag, the other is kneeling on one knee. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Two amateur actors embrace on the deck of a ship; one is in drag, the other is kneeling on one knee. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A man carrying a sword is standing on a rock. Engraving.
  • A man in drag sits pensively on a chair, on the deck of a ship. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A man in drag sits pensively on a chair, on the deck of a ship. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Decorated initial T with putti stringing a dog over the bar of the letter. Woodcut and letterpress, 1543.
  • Recruitment and measurement of soldiers outside a village inn. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • The gardener's dictionary. Containing, the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and pleasure garden; wherein all the articles contained in the former editions of this work, in two volumes, are disposed in one alphabet. With the addition of a great number of plants / [Philip Miller].
  • The gardener's dictionary. Containing, the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and pleasure garden; wherein all the articles contained in the former editions of this work, in two volumes, are disposed in one alphabet. With the addition of a great number of plants / [Philip Miller].
  • The gardener's dictionary. Containing, the methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and pleasure garden; wherein all the articles contained in the former editions of this work, in two volumes, are disposed in one alphabet. With the addition of a great number of plants / [Philip Miller].
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf, aged thirty. Stipple engraving by R. Page, 1821.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf. Wood engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf, aged twenty five. Line engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf. Line engraving.
  • Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf, aged 30. Stipple engraving by R. Page, 1821.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709.
  • Traité des eunuques, dans lequel on explique toutes les différentes sortes d'eunuques ... On éxamine principalement s'ils sont propres au mariage, & s'il leur doit être permis de se marier ... / Par M*** D***. [C. Ancillon].