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  • An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.
  • An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.
  • An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.
  • A young woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing an unusual dress, in front of a plain backdrop.
  • An actor in drag, performing on stage at the Windmill Theatre. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
  • An actor in drag, performing on stage at the Windmill Theatre. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
  • A man in drag resting against a chair. Photograph, 187-.
  • A man in drag resting against a chair. Photograph, 187-.
  • Douglas Byng in drag during a pantomime. Photograph, 1952.
  • Terry Durham in drag. Photograph, 196-.
  • Douglas Byng in drag during a pantomime. Photograph, 1952.
  • Terry Durham in drag. Photograph, 196-.
  • Aemilia Lepida, wife of Galba, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian.
  • Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • Stop AIDS' campaign poster
  • An emaciated Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated on a knoll under a tree, with his left hand held over his head; a richly dressed woman pours liquid into his bowl. Gouache painting.
  • Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey, seated by a tree.
  • Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey, seated by a tree.
  • Your security is in the name : the thoughtful housekeeper will carefully examine the family bread... ask your baker for Brown's DM (Doctors' Manifesto) standard bread... / Charles Brown & Co.
  • Your security is in the name : the thoughtful housekeeper will carefully examine the family bread... ask your baker for Brown's DM (Doctors' Manifesto) standard bread... / Charles Brown & Co.
  • Leaflet for Brown's DM Standard Bread.....
  • Souvenir of Abomah : the tallest lady in the world.
  • Souvenir of Abomah : the tallest lady in the world.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated under a tree, receiving food from a kneeling woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
  • Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • A silk handkerchief printed with a description of an erotic encounter with the words in the form of breasts. Mixed media, 1802, after E. Parny.
  • A travelling healer demonstrating the extraction of a tooth from the mouth of a woman patient, before a crowd of onlookers. Etching attributed to Cornelis de Wael.
  • Attributes of rDo-rje Kon-btsun De-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of rDo-rje Kon-btsun De-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.