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  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • Elements of Tibetan predictive astrology. Watercolour.
  • A young child with protruding tongue, showing signs of mental deficiency, sitting on a large upholstered chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • Tibetan cosmological amulet for protection against diseases. Gouache painting, Tibet.
  • Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • An evil demon (dMu) who causes dropsy. Watercolour by a Tibetan painter.
  • Head and shoulders of a young man with protruding ears. Photograph by Davis and Sons.
  • Down's syndrome in two young men and a young woman. Three photographs.
  • A girl with Down's syndrome, sitting in front of an ornate wooden screen, holding a small posy of flowers. Photograph by Chas Marshall.
  • A girl, sitting on a stone bench with a fan folded at her side. Photograph by A. Reston.
  • A young man, showing signs of mental deficiency, leaning awkwardly against the back of a chair. Photograph by Davis.
  • A very young girl, showing signs of mental deficiency, seated with her hands clasped upon her lap. Photograph by W. Moscrop.
  • Two boys, one sitting and one standing: the former appears physically deformed. Photograph, 1899.
  • Side profile of a young woman with a misshapen head, wrapped in a tartan shawl, probably in a hospital. Photograph.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria (Australia): children with their nurse in the summer house. Photograph.
  • Down's syndrome in a young woman. Photograph.
  • A brain, viewed from the side, supposedly from a subject with mental deficiency. Photograph by N. Goulton May.