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  • [Undated handbill (December 1881) for the Royal Aquarium advertising Farini's (William Hunt) wonder of wonders, the tattooed Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].
  • Ear piercing, tattooing, acupuncture, razors, needles and toothbrushes representing a warning about the ways in which you can catch AIDS by the British Deaf Association. Colour lithograph.
  • A Dyak woman in a canoe is handing her child to a woman on the river bank; a tattooed man is holding various objects. Lithograph by H.A. Henrici and W.J. Gordon, ca. 1839.
  • Monday, May 4th, and until further notice : dive for life ... The Irish Giant, Captain Murphy, standing nearly 8ft. high, Lobster Claw Lady ... tattooing ... / Wonderland, Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's station).
  • Monday, May 4th, and until further notice : dive for life ... The Irish Giant, Captain Murphy, standing nearly 8ft. high, Lobster Claw Lady ... tattooing ... / Wonderland, Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's station).
  • Female patient of the Salpetriere with marking on her front
  • Sarawak: a Ukit tribesman. Photograph.
  • New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
  • New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
  • New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
  • The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.
  • The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.
  • The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.
  • The criminal / by Havelock Ellis.
  • Te Kuha: a carver and warrior. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.
  • The Blessed Henry Suso. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán.
  • A Maori man with a tattoed face. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.
  • Te Manawa: an Arawa warrior. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.
  • A Maori man with a tattoed face. Photograph, 18--.
  • A Maori man with a tattoed face, holding a rifle. Photograph by J. Bragge, 188-.
  • A stethoscope representing an advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of dying from AIDS by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • Guys like him don't have HIV : I reckon he has HIV like me : Don't assume you're both thinking the same thing / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Guys like him don't have HIV : I reckon he has HIV like me : Don't assume you're both thinking the same thing / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.
  • Te Mutu: portrait showing detail of moko design, Tauranga 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.
  • Maori warrior Reweti and a wounded comrade in the Gate Pa pits, 30 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.
  • Maori warrior lying dead in the fern near Gate Pa, 30 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.
  • [Newspaper cutting titled: New wonders at the Royal Aquarium (November 1881?) in Mr. Farini's (William Hunt) Gallery. These are Captain Georges Costentenus and the Leopard Boy].
  • A ring incorporating the words 'class of 90'; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next to St. Mary's Station) ... Easter Monday April 6th, 1896, and during the week ...