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  • Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Reproduction after J.G. Huquier.
  • Two scenes of Le Chevalier D'Éon fencing at Angelo's Fencing Academy. Reproductions of watercolours, 1904, by T. Rowlandson.
  • Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman: shown half in woman's, half in man's attire. Engraving.
  • Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Mezzotint by Vispré.
  • Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1810.
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • Considerations on the medicinal use of factitious airs and on the manner of obtaining them / [Thomas Beddoes].
  • The Duke of Wellington observing the French premier Adolphe Thiers, who is represented as the dwarf General Tom Thumb (?) Lithograph by J. Leech, 1844 (?).
  • Sarah Lyon, aged 104. Line engraving by R.H. Roe, 1822, after W.S. Lethbridge.
  • Charles S. Stratton, a dwarf known as General Tom Thumb, before Europe's monarchs. Wood engraving by E. Evans.
  • A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.
  • Thomas Inglefield, an artist born without limbs. Etching by T. Inglefield, 1787, after C.R. Ryley.
  • The Tower House, Bedford Park estate in Chiswick, London. Colour lithograph by M. Trautschold, 1882.
  • The Chevalier D'Eon meets bankers in a London office or coffee-house to discuss wagers placed on whether D'Eon was a man or a woman. Engraving, 1771.
  • Bioengineered sweat gland, conceptual artwork
  • Bioengineered hair absorbs nutrients, conceptual artwork
  • Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk: young men on the beach at Gorleston Swimming Club. Photographic postcard by Jackson's Faces, 193-.
  • Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk: young men on the beach at Gorleston Swimming Club. Photographic postcard by Jackson's Faces, 193-.
  • A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.
  • A physician telling a patient that he is going to die: the patient stares out at the viewer. Colour photogravure after the Hon. J. Collier, 1908.
  • Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
  • Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
  • Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
  • Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
  • Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
  • Twenty-four grotesque heads. Process print after L. Da Vinci.
  • John (?) Watson. Pastel attributed to W. Watson, 174-.
  • John (?) Watson. Pastel attributed to W. Watson, 174-.