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  • Louise Chevalier in the role of Virginie is feeding water from her hands into the mouth of a black man in a loin-cloth. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1799, after C. Henard.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • A mother looks forlornly at her new baby in her husband's arms: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Council of Nigeria , ca. 1993.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • A man discusses the care of his 3 children below with his brother: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Council of Nigeria , ca. 1993.
  • A mother looks forlornly at her new baby in her husband's arms: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Council of Nigeria , ca. 1993.
  • Madame Lloyd's choir and orchestra.
  • Madame Lloyd's choir and orchestra.
  • An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.
  • An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Actors pose as "The Wrestlers" at the London Pavilion. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Actors pose as "The Wrestlers" at the London Pavilion. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • Jimmie Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Jimmie Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A young man sits on a bench in a Bavarian street playing the zither as he watches a young woman walk past. Etching by Hubert Herkomer.
  • Foochow (Fuzhou), Fukien province, China: a coppersmith at work in his shop. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Foochow (Fuzhou), Fukien province, China: a coppersmith at work in his shop. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • A skimmington or charivari: people make noise and are violent in the street as a form of rough justice exercised by women against men; on the right Hudibras enters on horseback, and is hit in the eye by a thrown egg. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • A concert hall. Watercolour and crayons by Tomasz Sitkowski, 1976.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.