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No escondas la cabeza! : Ez izkutatu burua! : El sida tambien ca contigo hies ere zurekin doa ... / Wellcome Library.
Date: [2012]- Pictures
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Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 34513i- Pictures
A pair of inflated breeches, inside which corpulent members of Grenville's ministry sit around a table devouring loaves and fishes, are poised on an ostrich feather as several men attempt to pull down the legs while a man with a pair of shears and a tape measure sits on the 'rock of independence'. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585506i- Pictures
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A rhinoceros stands in the midst of a herd of stampeding animals in the desert. Line engraving by H. Adlard after J. Wolf after C. J. Anderson.
Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899.Reference: 42055i- Pictures
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Eve emerges from sleeping Adam's side. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.Reference: 20718i- Pictures
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An endless succession of people with their heads in the sand with a warning about the dangers of ignoring AIDS; advertisement prepared by Pihas, Schmidt and Westerdahl for Oregon Health Division. Colour lithograph,1987.
Date: 1987Reference: 668775i- Archives and manuscripts
MS Japanese 92
Date: 1799- Pictures
Hermes (Mercury) holding the caduceus with a nude man wearing a plumed feather head-dress seated on the back of a peacock. Etching by C.M. Metz after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
Parmigianino, 1503-1540.Date: 1800-1900Reference: 589428i- Pictures
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Abyssinia (Ethiopia): animals and indigenous people, including an Abyssinian priest, Adael and Shoho warriors. Lithograph.
Date: [1870?]Reference: 42115i- Pictures
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Abyssinia (Ethiopia): animals and indigenous people, including an Abyssinian priest, Adael and Shoho warriors. Lithograph.
Date: [1870?]Reference: 42121i- Pictures
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An old ibex is dancing in an unrestrained manner with a crowd of wild animals watching the spectacle in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.Reference: 39416i- Archives and manuscripts
Miscell
Date: Late 19th centuryReference: WF/C/M/SL/09/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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Arthur Stigant.
Date: [1910?]Reference: 2064179iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
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A bloodhound with a heavy collar is looking intently towards a heavy door. Half tone after an oil painting by E. H. Landseer.
Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873.Reference: 40100i- Pictures
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A bloodhound with a heavy collar is looking intently towards a heavy door. Half tone after an oil painting by E. H. Landseer.
Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873.Reference: 40010i- Pictures
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Women on an island in the Strait of Magellan resisting capture or death at the hands of Dutch pirates under Olivier van Noort, 1598. Engraving by T. Bonnor, 1768.
Bonnor, Thomas.Date: [1768]Reference: 42807i- Books
Esperienze ed osservazioni intorno all' origine, sviluppi, e costumi di varj insetti : con altre spettanti alla naturale, e medica storia / fatte da Antonio Vallisnieri.
Vallisnieri, Antonio, -1730.Date: 1713- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss sketchbook: rooks, Heathrow, Gingham's King's Cross, East Croydon, London Zoo, Streatham High Road (December 2003-February 2004)
Date: 21/12/2003-13/02/2004Reference: PP/AMI/B/835Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Ephemera
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Schaefer's Liliput Revue.
Date: [1930?]- Ephemera
T. Hill Mansfield's Capillaris for the hair, scalp, & toilet : it has proved itself a positive cure for dandruff, falling of the hair, and all scalp diseases ; it contains not one particle of lead, sulphur, coloring matter or anything in jurious... / T. Hill Mansfield.
Mansfield, T. Hill.Date: [1883?]- Pictures
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A sailor in drag sits on the deck of a ship in bright sunlight. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043380iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Ephemera
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Souvenir of Abomah : the tallest lady in the world.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]- Pictures
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A child with a swollen mouth being led by a woman to visit an apothecary, who is seated in his laboratory. Drawing by William Heath Robinson.
Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944.Reference: 39058i- Pictures
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Two men, one in drag, wearing smart attire, pose as a couple within foliage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1900.
Date: [190-?]Reference: 2043465iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Ephemera
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The Zeynard's Liliput-Speciality Troupe : [evening dress].
Date: [1905?]