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  • Sister Knocker, Group of wounded soldiers
  • Hindi Manuscript 844
  • Maison de Carnicobar
  • Abbe Breuil in Lascaux caves at La Mouthe
  • A perplexed huntsman stares at a pet owl which he has accidentally shot from its perch. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
  • The punishment and torture of the "Peacock" dervishes by order of Emin Pasha's rebel officers: the dervishes are lined up and seated to have their ears sliced off. Coloured wood engraving by P. Naumann after W.H. Overend after A.J. Mounteney-Jephson.
  • Illustrated guide to preventing cholera in Kenya. Lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • White River Apache Medicine Man and other images.
  • Maison des inhabitants...
  • St Nicholas' and St Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey: a boy in a wheelchair, writing, using his mouth to hold a pencil. Photograph, c. 1935.
  • A butcher disembowels a sheep while a wild boar threatens the rest of the flock. Etching by W. S. Howitt.
  • Photograph of a man and a group of children, Papua New Guinea.
  • Photograph of a man and a group of children, Papua New Guinea.
  • Just arrived from Bullock's Museum, the greatest novelty in Hull : to be seen, at no. 13 Queen-Street, the only two esquimaux indians, ever brought to this kingdom : mal;e and female, from the frozen regions of the North ...
  • World War One: near the Somme Front, France: a Casualty Clearing Station operating theatre with surgeons at work. Photograph, 1916.
  • Tobacco Bay, Bermuda: ships in the bay, and a source of fresh water for them on land. Aquatint by J. Wells after Porgay, 1803.
  • St Nicholas' and St Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey: a boy using wooden crutches. Photograph, c. 1935.
  • Prevention of diarrhoeal diseases in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Three hatters at work in their workshop, with hats on display. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Advert for 'Tabloid' 'Rytol' showing Ponting developing film
  • New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
  • New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
  • New Guinea / Royal Interocean Lines.
  • St Nicholas' and St Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey: boy patients wrapped in blankets, strapped into portable wooden beds on wheels, by nurses. Photograph, c. 1935.
  • A man addresses an elderly woman as a girl approaches: dangers of circumcision to girls in Kenya. Colour lithograph by J. Ouma for Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, 1998.
  • World War I: Trinity College Cambridge, Neville's Court, occupied by wards of the 1st Eastern General Hospital. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery, 1914.
  • An inhabitant of Buruma Island, Uganda, suffering from sleeping sickness. Photograph, 1965, after photograph 1902.
  • People and scenery representing the continent of Africa. Stipple engraving by J.D. Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.
  • A soldier in drag, dressed in a bonnet and holding an umbrella. Photographic postcard, 191-.