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  • A girl with a condition affecting her face. Oil painting.
  • A girl with a condition affecting her face. Oil painting.
  • A girl with a condition affecting her face. Oil painting.
  • Two men carrying a covered palaquin, with a face peering out. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Two Muslim women wearing white burkas, one with her face covered with a veil. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with nodules on his chest and a discoloured face. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
  • Leprosy of the face: head and shoulders portrait of an Indian man with one eye closed. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
  • Leprosy of the skin: an Indian man with circular patches on his face, chest and arms. Watercolour, 1921/1950 (?) by Jane Jackson, after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir (?), ca. 1921.
  • Leprosy on the ears and face of an Indian schoolboy; circular inserts show microscopic details of scales on his ears. Watercolour (by Jane Jackson ?), 1921/1950 (?), after a (painting ?) by Ernest Muir, ca. 1921.
  • A Chinese woman being subjected to torture while tied to a cross: the woman's torturer is shown using a knife to cut open her abdomen, arms and face, while a formally-dressed man looks on. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
  • The face of a man representing Positive Art, an exhibition of entitled 'Active Against AIDS' by the Café PositHiv painting group, Berlin featuring the work of the photographer Juergen Baldiga; an advertisement supported by Berliner AIDS-Hilfe and the Stop AIDS Project, Berlin. Colour lithograph by Jochen Stöcher & Achin Bodewig.
  • An eight-armed goddess (Durga ?) standing on a tiger's head faces a group of demons as one of them is attacked by a blue-skinned goddess. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Painted amulet detail: the divine face, 17th century.
  • A man, half-length, directed to right, facing front. Oil painting, 17--.
  • A man, half-length, directed to right, facing front. Oil painting, 17--.
  • A skeleton, anterior view facing to right, with tendons. Oil painting by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D'Agoty, 1764/1765.
  • A manifestation of Devi seated on a peacock, facing a group of demons. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man in drag (Charlie) sits face-on, wearing detailed costume, with a window painted on the backdrop. Photographic postcard, 1919.
  • A man in drag (Charlie) sits face-on, wearing detailed costume, with a window painted on the backdrop. Photographic postcard, 1919.
  • A standing man facing to his left, showing superficial muscles and tendons. Oil painting by Jacques-Fabien Gautier D'Agoty, 1764/1765.
  • A four armed deity and three priests sit facing twelve sacrificial fires and make offerings to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Devi Durga seated on a tiger facing a group of musicians and a dancing girl, who waves to a bird (?) in the sky carrying three people. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.