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  • Marratta tailor and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • La belle Espagnole, - ou - la doublure de Madame Tallien.
  • Head servant with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
  • Sikh soldier and wife outside barracks. Gouache drawing.
  • An old woman reading with a fur-trimmed hat and coat. Etching by A.H. Reidel, 1781, after G. Douw.
  • A Binsa sorcerer or shaman, Congo. Halftone.
  • Krishna playing the flute to a dancing Radha, two holy cows stand behind. Chromolithograph, 1897.
  • A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.
  • Indian fortune-teller with client. Gouache drawing.
  • Pandit Tudu and his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • An indian snake charmer charming a cobra held by his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A Dayak shaman or medicine man holding a flaming torch and some charms. Wood engraving.
  • A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
  • A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
  • A theatrical itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage to a crowd, assisted by an elaborately dressed man and an owl. Coloured etching.
  • A theatrical itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage to a crowd, assisted by an elaborately dressed man and an owl. Coloured etching.
  • Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.
  • 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.
  • Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.
  • A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • 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.
  • A surgeon about to let blood from a woman patient in a richly furnished room. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • 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.
  • A wealthy hypochondriac having two physicians take his pulse at the same time. Line engraving by H. Bourne after A. Solomon.
  • A physician examining a urine flask of a scantily dressed attractive woman who is in bed surrounded by her mother, lover and servant. Engraving by A.F. David after J.B. Leprince.