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Portraits, from a distance

Join photographer Michelle Sank on her daily walk around Exeter. Strength, frustration, resilience and eccentricity all show in these candid images portraying life under the constraints of coronavirus lockdown.

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Printing the body

The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.

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Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.

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Medieval doodles

Fish, lute players and defaced demons: marginal doodles in some of Europe’s first printed books provide a tantalising glimpse into the late-medieval mind.

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  • Portrait of Thomas Brewster and prints of his home
  • Portrait of William Bromfield,(before re-working), from the impression of the mezzotint by J.R. Smith in the Prints and Drawing Department.
  • Copy of a silver print: portrait of Sir H. Wellcome
  • A portrait of Viscount Castlereagh. Process print, 19--, after Sir Thomas Lawrence.
  • A portrait of Viscount Castlereagh. Process print, 19--, after Sir Thomas Lawrence.
  • A portrait of Charles I in needlework miniature form. Colour process print, 19--.
  • Julian Eltinge in "The fascinating widow" poses for his portrait. Process print, 1915.
  • A portrait of Charles I in needlework miniature form. Colour process print, 19--.
  • Portrait of Henry IV of France on horseback. After a print by Elstrake.
  • Julian Eltinge in "The fascinating widow" poses for his portrait. Process print, 1915.
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