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  • Waino and Plutaino : wild men of Borneo.
  • Wild countryside with a stormy sky; two men in prayer before a cross. Engraving by J. Roberts after R. Wilson.
  • Waino and Plutaino, known as the wild men of Borneo. Reproduction of a photograph.
  • A band of brigands robbing and killing men in a wild terrain. Etching by D.A. Fossati, 1743, after M. Ricci.
  • An eagle perches on the end of a man's hand with two further semi-naked men in the foreground with the message 'Wild living. Safe sex'; advertising the AIDS Information Line in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by Hans Verschuuren for the Stuurgroep AIDSpreventie Homo's and Buro GVO Amsterdam, 1991.
  • Detail of a frieze decorating a Greek black-figured column krater representing a group of naked men with spears and dogs hunting a wild boar; principal scene of the "Hunt krater", made in Corinth ca. 570 B.C.. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Important notice! : Edmonds' late Wombwell's Royal Windsor Castle Menagerie, will exhibit at Shrewsbury, on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, August 23rd, 24th, and 26th, and at Wellington, on Tuesday, augiust 27th, 1861, accompanied by that extraordinary race of men, the Zulu Kaffirs, or WILD MEN! of Africa : Maxos and Nonswenzo - who will go through their wonderful and extraordinary performances at each exhibition ...
  • A boy found in the forests of Aveyron, France, who had been living 'wild' since a small child as he was unable to speak. Coloured engraving, 1805.
  • Peter, the wild boy. Mezzotint by V. Green after P. Falconet.
  • Peter, the wild boy, as an older man. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.
  • Peter, the wild boy, with vignette below surrounded by foliage. Engraving, 1807.
  • Peter, the wild boy. Line engraving.
  • Peter, the wild boy. Line engraving.
  • Peter, the wild boy. Engraving.
  • A masquerade in which King Charles VI of France and some others, dressed as wildmen in shaggy costumes, are nearly burned to death by accident. Aquatint by J. Harris after J. Froissart.
  • Shiva and his symbols. Watercolour drawing.
  • The South Sea Scheme: speculators ruined by the collapse of the South Sea Company. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1721.
  • A Sicilian youth among almond trees by the sea. Process print, 190-.
  • A Sicilian youth among almond trees by the sea. Process print, 190-.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • Troops attending a muster in Scotland play the game of popinjay, watched by crowds of local people. Engraving by J. Carter, 1836, after R.B. Davis.
  • Two men sitting with a sedan chair in a Hong Kong street waiting for custom, one smokes his pipe. Wood engraving by J.C. after J. Thomson.
  • A Zulu medicine man dancing in order to detect which one of the women seated around them has bewitched their ruler. Gouache by W.R.S. Stott, 1928.
  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.
  • The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.
  • The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.