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  • A Ntumbasee medicine man or shaman in full costume. Halftone.
  • The eldest son of the King of Delhi accompanied by his physician and treasurer. Wood engraving after W. Carpenter.
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
  • A young woman posing standing on a podium beside a truncated classical column in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
  • A young woman posing semi-naked, back view, with her arms in the air, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
  • A young woman posing semi-naked, back view, standing on a podium beside a truncated classical column, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac feigning illness in front of Béline, his wife and Dr. Purgon, his physician, in a scene from Molière's play. Etching by G. Schouten after J.B. Molière.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • A physician examining a bare breasted female patient, an older woman passes him a syringe, a bawdy couple are in the background. Mezzotint by A. de Blois after J. Steen.
  • A physician examining a bare breasted female patient, an older woman passes him a syringe, a bawdy couple are in the background. Mezzotint by A. de Blois after J. Steen.
  • Rustam discovers Suhrab & Apos's identity
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Siam (Thailand]): two dancers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam (Thailand]): two dancers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • China: a Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.