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  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A pair of fakir's sandals with iron spikes.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and sandals. Gouache painting.
  • A woman trying on a new pair of sandals and an inset view of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1857.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: walking, wearing a cap, loincloth, tigerskin and raised sandals (pattens). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese market scene: vendors are shown selling combs and hair ornaments, sandals, cloth, rice paste cakes and wigs. Colour woodcut by Shigenobu, 1865.
  • A woman tying her sandal. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.
  • A woman tying her sandal. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.
  • Paul Swan posing wearing a loincloth. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Paul Swan posing wearing a loincloth. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus L.): clump of reeds in water. Aquatint, 1823.
  • Various pencil sketches
  • A bodybuilder poses with his back to the viewer. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A bodybuilder poses with his back to the viewer. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Leprosy: microcellular rubber for protective footware
  • Leprosy: physical and social management
  • Two Hindu ascetics: left, a man holding a peacock feather broom and fan; right, a woman holding a peacock feather broom. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Two Hindu ascetics: left, a woman wearing saffron robes, brimless hat and slippers and smoking a hookah; right, a barefoot man wearing a saffron loincloth and a tigerskin, and carrying a spear and sword in a scabbard. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • A nude man posing as a classical statue. Photograph by Henry, 192-.
  • A nude man posing as a classical statue. Photograph by Henry, 192-.
  • A well-dressed Hindu ascetic or holy man receiving gifts from a richly dressed woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Marratta tailor and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • The two Angel Brothers, acrobats posing in leopard-skin leotards. Photographic postcard, ca. 192-.
  • The two Angel Brothers, acrobats posing in leopard-skin leotards. Photographic postcard, ca. 192-.
  • Indian singers and musicians. Gouache drawing.
  • The marriage of Perseus and Andromeda by Cepheus. Etching by Battista Angolo del Moro after Primaticcio.
  • One of forty-nine coloured gouache illustrations.
  • Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • Rowland Jones Venables. Photograph by C. Silvy, 1861.