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  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • Franz Joseph Gall measuring the head of a bald, elegantly dressed old lady; her pet poodle is entwined in her wig on a chair. Coloured aquatint by F.C. Hunt after E.F. Lambert, ca. 1823.
  • A bald-headed Charles James Fox in a wig shop (a dog is attacking his shoe) being shown a wig by the perruquier; to the right Edmund Burke is eavesdropping behind a door. Etching by Wetherell, 1793.
  • The back view of a bald-headed man holding a telephone to his ear representing a man whose family have deserted him because he has AIDS; advertisement for the New Zealand AIDS Prevention Program. Lithograph by Albert Sword.
  • The back view of a bald-headed man holding a telephone to his ear representing a man whose family have deserted him because he has AIDS; advertisement for the New Zealand AIDS Prevention Program. Lithograph by Albert Sword.
  • Bald-headed figures walking in different directions, one wearing a crown (?) against the face of a clock representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1, 1993 by the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development. Colour lithograph by Bami, 1993.
  • Cain, a bald-headed man with a nose ring and denim waistcoat bearing badges holds his hands in fists in a threatening posture with the message "AIDS is not the threat, it's carelessness ..."; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Jan Gort for the SAD Schorerstichting.
  • A barber's shop in which a fat barber places a wig on an old bald-headed man, an assistant barber who wears spectacles fits a wig on a stout man, in the righthand background a man sits on a chair facing a window, and in the lefthand foreground a dog fouls a wig. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.
  • Arctium lappa (Burdock)
  • Arctium lappa (Burdock)
  • Laurus nobilis (Bay laurel)
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • A barber brushing the hair of a man who has very little hair. Colour lithograph after H. Heath.
  • A lady retiring to bed, and ordering her maid to look after her artificial aids to beauty (wig, teeth, glass eye etc.). Coloured etching by P. Roberts after G.M Woodward.
  • A man with a large, protruding head walking with a heavy gait; illustrating the reflective faculty in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Devrits, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by J.M. Giovannini after G. Reni.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Etching by J.M. Giovannini after G. Reni.
  • Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers ... : Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer will restore gray or faded hair to its original color as in youth ... / R.P. Hall & Co.
  • Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers ... : Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer will restore gray or faded hair to its original color as in youth ... / R.P. Hall & Co.
  • Christ is circumcised in a crowded church. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1594.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by F-G. Aliamet, 1765, after R. Earlom after G. Reni.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by F-G. Aliamet, 1765, after R. Earlom after G. Reni.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a loincloth and carrying two large weights (?), one in each hand. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Zoological Society of London: A harpy eagle and a white-headed sea eagle. Coloured etching by Simpkins after H. Smith.