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  • Just arrived from Bullock's Museum, the greatest novelty in Hull : to be seen, at no. 13 Queen-Street, the only two esquimaux indians, ever brought to this kingdom : mal;e and female, from the frozen regions of the North ...
  • An owl spreads its wings clutching its prey beneath the moon; warning that AIDS is a prolonged death by the American Indian Health Care Assocation. Colour lithograph by Christopher Sheriff, 1989.
  • John Boby, a black man with white markings. Reproduction of an etching, 1803.
  • Qui Hi alias Lieutenant Johnny Newcome on his death bed in prison, attended by his mistress and child and the doctor's assistant. Coloured aquatint by Quiz, 1816, after T. Rowlandson.
  • Plan of Wellcome museum galleries: 2nd floor
  • The birth of Rustam. Gouache painting.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • Ascetics preparing and smoking opium outside a rural dwelling in India. Gouache painting by Kavala, 18--.
  • The amateur actor Robert Coates dreaming about his success on the stage in the role of Romeo. Aquatint attributed to "The Caricaturist General", 1812.
  • Two polar bears meet near the North Pole: despite the cold, the female bear is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress, which the male bear attributes to high tolerance of cold among northern females. Lithograph by CMK (?).
  • John Hyde. Engraving by W. Sharp after R. Home. Engraving.
  • Durga Puja: a procession carrying an idol of Durga to honour her victory over evil. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1588, after J. Tintoretto.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1588, after Tintoretto.
  • Apollo descending to kill the Python, surrounded by men and women of Delphi; representing the power of music to affect the human mind. Etching by Agostino Carracci after A. Boscoli after B. Buontalenti.
  • A woman representing Necessity, seated on a throne supported by the Fates, is flanked by the planets and by Sirens; representing the Harmony of Spheres. Etching by Agostino Carracci after A. Boscoli after B. Buontalenti.