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    Labors of the Months from the Très Riches Heures
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    Customs & Culture

    Labors of the Months from the Très Riches Heures

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch
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    Science & Medicine

    The Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch

    Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s *Tales of Mystery and Imagination* (1919)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)

    A Catalogue of Polish Bishops
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    People

    A Catalogue of Polish Bishops

    Amundsen’s South Pole expedition
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    Travel & Exploration

    Amundsen’s South Pole expedition

    The Daddy Long Legs of Brighton
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    The Daddy Long Legs of Brighton

    Presidents and Turkeys
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    People

    Presidents and Turkeys

    Kitab al-Bulhan or Book of Wonders (late 14th C.)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Customs & Culture

    Kitab al-Bulhan or Book of Wonders (late 14th C.)

    Kodak No.1 Circular Snapshots
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    Kodak No.1 Circular Snapshots

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos
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    People

    Engravings by Dominicus Custos

    Halloween Postcards, ca. 1900–1920
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Halloween Postcards, ca. 1900–1920

    World War II from the Air
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    Landscapes, War

    World War II from the Air

    Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)
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    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Arnoldus Montanus’ New and Unknown World (1671)

    Maps from Geographicus
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    Maps

    Maps from Geographicus

    Field Columbian Museum (1894–1920)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Field Columbian Museum (1894–1920)

    Giambattista della Porta’s De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Giambattista della Porta’s De humana physiognomonia libri IIII (1586)

    Men in Wigs
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    People, Fashion

    Men in Wigs

    Space Colony Art from the 1970s
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Space Colony Art from the 1970s

    The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy (1862)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    The Mechanism of Human Physiognomy (1862)

    Landscape and Marine Views of Norway
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    Landscapes

    Landscape and Marine Views of Norway

    Eugène von Guérard’s *Australian Landscapes* (1867)
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    Landscapes

    Eugène von Guérard’s Australian Landscapes (1867)

    Sessions for the Blind at Sunderland Museum
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    People

    Sessions for the Blind at Sunderland Museum

    Huexotzinco Codex (1531)
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    Politics

    Huexotzinco Codex (1531)

    Art in Art
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    Music & Arts

    Art in Art