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  • London Pavilion : Giant Constantin : manager, Mr. Frank Glenister.
  • London Pavilion : Giant Constantin : manager, Mr. Frank Glenister.
  • Mohawk Minstrels : Mr. Andrew Bannister, the Mohawks giant... : Little Thomas, the marvellous male soprano / Proprietors, William Francis & Harry Hunter.
  • Mohawk Minstrels : Mr. Andrew Bannister, the Mohawks giant... : Little Thomas, the marvellous male soprano / Proprietors, William Francis & Harry Hunter.
  • An abnormally tall and an abnormally small man: the former about to light the latter's cigarette. Photograph, 1927.
  • Royal Aquarium : the original Chang, Brustad, the Norwegian giant, the Chinese Tom Thumb, Wieland's living curiosities : admission one shilling.
  • Royal Aquarium : the original Chang, Brustad, the Norwegian giant, the Chinese Tom Thumb, Wieland's living curiosities : admission one shilling.
  • South London Palace : Boxing night & every evening / Proprietors, E. Poole & H. Ulph, Jun.
  • South London Palace : Boxing night & every evening / Proprietors, E. Poole & H. Ulph, Jun.
  • Astronomy: the Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • Astronomy: the Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • A giant coluber snake swallowing a panther. Etching after Howitt, 1 April 1812.
  • Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • An alchemist at his alembic; surrounded by vignettes of scientific pursuits. Wood engraving by Dalziel, 18--.
  • A witch, raising her arm above a flaming cauldron, recites a spell; a young woman kneels in front of the cauldron. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J.H. Mortimer, 1773.
  • Antonio Cauzzi, an Italian giant. Line engraving.
  • Peter Garden aged 131. Engraving.
  • After the defeat of the White Army, a new white peril threatens Russia in the form of the typhus louse, against which the Red soldiers fight by washing themselves and their clothes vigorously. Colour lithograph, ca. 1921.
  • A man points to a decapitated head lying on the ground as a woman holds him back looking distressed. Engraving by or after A. Casali.
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • Paediatric chart: Complexion diagnosis, Chinese woodcut
  • An Australian lily (Doryanthes excelsa) picked in New South Wales. Photograph, 1882.
  • Bernardo Gigli, a giant. Coloured engraving.
  • Temple of the Antoinistes, Liège: the chancel end showing the tenets of the cult marked on the wall in large letters. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1920/1940 (?).
  • An actor performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • An actor performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Taiwan: a roadside shrine. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Taiwan: a roadside shrine. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.