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  • view A man without arms and legs posing naked on a table, front view.
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    A man without arms and legs posing naked on a table, front view.

    Arnaud | Date: [20th century] | Reference: 529177i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
  • view Silas Mainville Burroughs, founder member of Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
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    Silas Mainville Burroughs, founder member of Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

    William Lawrence
  • view James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album
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    James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album

    | Date: [between 1855 and 1899?] | Reference: 2045348i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
  • view A male and female frog courting, watched by a frog voyeur. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing by F(?). Lord.
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    A male and female frog courting, watched by a frog voyeur. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing by F(?). Lord.

    Lord *** | Date: 1876 | Reference: 644717i
  • view Two men in drag sitting in conversation. Photograph, 1855/1860.
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    Two men in drag sitting in conversation. Photograph, 1855/1860.

    | Date: [between 1855 and 1860?] | Reference: 2045372i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
  • view Thomas Henry Huxley lecturing on the skull of the gorilla. Photograph by Cundall Downes & Co.
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    Thomas Henry Huxley lecturing on the skull of the gorilla. Photograph by Cundall Downes & Co.

    | Date: [ca. 1861?] | Reference: 12956i
  • view William Hardcastle, a patient at West Riding Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
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    William Hardcastle, a patient at West Riding Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1872] | Reference: 35106i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view Ellen Sutcliffe, a patient at West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
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    Ellen Sutcliffe, a patient at West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1873] | Reference: 35152i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view A male and female frog promenading. Photograph by J.P. Soule, ca. 1876, after a drawing.
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    A male and female frog promenading. Photograph by J.P. Soule, ca. 1876, after a drawing.

    | Date: [1876?] | Reference: 644714i
  • view A young Maori woman. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.
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    A young Maori woman. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.

    Bragge, James, 1833-1908. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 644419i
  • view Two dwarfs: Minnie Warren and Commodore Nutt, bridesmaid and groomsman at the wedding of General Tom Thumb in New York. Photograph by Mathew Brady, 10 February 1863.
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    Two dwarfs: Minnie Warren and Commodore Nutt, bridesmaid and groomsman at the wedding of General Tom Thumb in New York. Photograph by Mathew Brady, 10 February 1863.

    Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 | Date: [1863] | Reference: 33449i
  • view Sir Henry Wellcome
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    Sir Henry Wellcome

  • view Mary Shaw, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1871.
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    Mary Shaw, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1871.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1871] | Reference: 35145i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view Charles Gouldthorpe, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
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    Charles Gouldthorpe, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1872] | Reference: 35107i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view Mary Keighley, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
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    Mary Keighley, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1873] | Reference: 35156i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view Elizabeth Hardcastle, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.
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    Elizabeth Hardcastle, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1872.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1872] | Reference: 35149i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view A Maori man with a tattoed face. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.
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    A Maori man with a tattoed face. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.

    Bragge, James, 1833-1908. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 644418i
  • view A girl wearing a hairnet, head tilted to one side: a vignetted head-and-shoulders portrait. Photograph by O. Schliepmann, 1870/1890.
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    A girl wearing a hairnet, head tilted to one side: a vignetted head-and-shoulders portrait. Photograph by O. Schliepmann, 1870/1890.

    Schliepmann, Otto | Date: 1870-1890 | Reference: 571898i
  • view Sarah Thackray, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
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    Sarah Thackray, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.

    Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938 | Date: [1873] | Reference: 35115i
    Part of: West Riding Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire: photographs of patients
  • view Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a man, prisoner number 2517, his eyes are closed and a warder stands behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
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    Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a man, prisoner number 2517, his eyes are closed and a warder stands behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

    | Date: 1869 | Reference: 35108i
  • view Ann, Francis and Stanley Burroughs, the three children of Olive and Silas Mainville Burroughs
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    Ann, Francis and Stanley Burroughs, the three children of Olive and Silas Mainville Burroughs

    G. T Jones & Co
  • view A nurse poses in uniform in a photographic studio. Photograph, 1860/1880.
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    A nurse poses in uniform in a photographic studio. Photograph, 1860/1880.

    | Date: 1860-1880 | Reference: 565718i
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    South Pacific islands; portrait photographs. Album, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 36764i
  • view Six Maori people. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.
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    Six Maori people. Photograph by J. Bragge, 18--.

    Bragge, James, 1833-1908. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 644421i
  • view A girl wearing a hairnet, with plaited hair: the back of her head: a vignetted head-and-shoulders portrait. Photograph, 1870/1890.
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    A girl wearing a hairnet, with plaited hair: the back of her head: a vignetted head-and-shoulders portrait. Photograph, 1870/1890.

    | Date: 1870-1890 | Reference: 571899i
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