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A man carrying some ceremonial items stands next to an elevated stool with two elaborate headgears, placed under a canopy. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 576712i- Pictures
The western and eastern churches represented by St. Peter's in Rome and S. Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople); Jewish circumcision and the baptism of a baby by a bishop, with a border showing headwear of different groups. Engraving by R. Smith.
Reference: 22920i- Pictures
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A shaman or medicine man from the Lower Congo. Colour process print after N.H. Hardy.
Hardy, Norman H.Reference: 21296i- Pictures
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A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.
Reference: 21322i- Pictures
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A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
Buchta, Richard.Reference: 21388i- Pictures
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A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
Buchta, Richard.Reference: 21321i- Pictures
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A Ntumbasee medicine man or shaman in full costume. Halftone.
Reference: 21394i- Pictures
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The eldest son of the King of Delhi accompanied by his physician and treasurer. Wood engraving after W. Carpenter.
Carpenter, William, 1818-1899.Reference: 21454i- Pictures
An alchemist and his assistant hoping to turn base metal into gold. Aquatint after T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 37574i- Pictures
A young woman posing standing on a podium beside a truncated classical column in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
Date: [approximately 1903]Reference: 540505iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
A young woman posing semi-naked, back view, with her arms in the air, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
Date: [approximately 1903]Reference: 540506iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
A ward for men in a hospital. Photograph, ca. 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 642742i- Pictures
A young woman posing semi-naked, back view, standing on a podium beside a truncated classical column, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
Date: [approximately 1903]Reference: 540507iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
A young woman posing semi-naked flexing her bicep, back view head and shoulders only, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio, ca.1903.
Reference: 540509i- Pictures
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A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
Reference: 21325i- Pictures
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A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
Reference: 21378i- Pictures
A young woman posing, head and shoulders only, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Portland Studio.
Date: [approximately 1903]Reference: 540508iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19499i- Pictures
Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1865Reference: 19496i- Pictures
Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19497i- Pictures
China: a Manchu bride. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19685i- Digital Images
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Rustam discovers Suhrab & Apos's identity
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Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac feigning illness in front of Béline, his wife and Dr. Purgon, his physician, in a scene from Molière's play. Etching by G. Schouten after J.B. Molière.
Molière, 1622-1673.Reference: 21936i- Pictures
A physician examining a bare breasted female patient, an older woman passes him a syringe, a bawdy couple are in the background. Mezzotint by A. de Blois after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 21759i- Pictures
Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
Reference: 22873i