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  • Portrait of Samuel Thomas von Sommering [1755 - 1830], physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor, who discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye.
  • American journal of physical anthropology.
  • M0003305: Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
  • M0003305: Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
  • M0003305: Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
  • Homage to Gustav Theodor Fritsch. Watercolour by J. Unte, 1906.
  • A museum interior (?): seven men pose with collected objects, including a human skull, displayed on a table. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • M0006928: Portrait of Petrus Camper (1722-1789)
  • Siberia: tents for shaman's performances. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.
  • Siberia: an Ostiak medicine man wearing animal skins and with a shield: studio portrait: side view. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.
  • Siberia: an Ostiak medicine man wearing animal skins, holding a shield: studio portrait: front view. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.
  • Siberia: a Tungus medicine man in ceremonial dress, standing holding a drum. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.
  • Governor Diego Naranjo. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1898.
  • Siberia: a Tungus medicine man in ceremonial dress, seated holding a drum. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.
  • A man of an Amazonian tribe, holding a spear and wearing a feathered head-dress, in a photographic studio.
  • A young woman posing naked against a decorative dressing screen.
  • Two young Kikuyu men, carrying sticks. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A metal and timber box (chest, trunk), once the property of E N Fallaize, used to house his photographic collection. Construction and assembly by H. Davies and sons, 1916.
  • A Bulgarian female acrobat standing on her hands.
  • A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting.
  • A troupe of nautch dancing girls, standing in a line holding hands, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • Madame Delait.
  • A young woman, posing naked in a photographic studio, sitting on the arm of a "Roman" chair. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A naked Sicilian boy, in a rocky setting outdoors. Photograph, 1900, by W. von Gloeden.
  • Four young woman acrobats (?), posing on a bar in a photographic studio.
  • A metal and timber box (chest, trunk), once the property of E N Fallaize, used to house his photographic collection. Construction and assembly by H. Davies and sons, 1916.
  • A line of sedan chairs waiting beside a railway track, in Korea.
  • An Indian man wearing many beads, and carrying a begging bowl and an umbrella, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, lying on her front on a piece of fabric, a goblet and jug beside her. Stereo photograph, ca.1900.
  • A young woman posing naked but for a long veil, leaning back in a chair, in a photographic studio, in front of a curtain. Stereo photograph, ca.1900.