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    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)
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    Customs & Culture, People, Politics

    John H. White’s Photographs of Black Chicago for DOCUMERICA (1973–74)

    James Ensor, *The Deadly Sins* (ca. 1904)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    James Ensor, The Deadly Sins (ca. 1904)

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, War

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Natural World

    Art Brut: The Scare-Fox (1910)

    *The Procession of the Months* (ca. 1889)
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    Customs & Culture

    The Procession of the Months (ca. 1889)

    Ellen Harding Baker's “Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883)
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    Design & Typography

    Ellen Harding Baker's “Solar System” Quilt (1876–ca. 1883)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)
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    Music & Arts, Emotion & Expression

    The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Wheels Within Wheels: The “Flammarion Engraving” (ca. 1888)

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
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    Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

    Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

    Etteilla’s *Livre de Thot* Tarot (ca. 1789)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Etteilla’s Livre de Thot Tarot (ca. 1789)

    *Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods* (1860–1902)
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    Natural World

    Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902)

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of *De Proprietatibus Rerum* (ca. 1480)
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1480)

    The Turns of the *Turnverein*: Heinrich Hamann’s Gymnastic Photographs (ca. 1902)
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    Sport & Exercise, Politics

    The Turns of the Turnverein: Heinrich Hamann’s Gymnastic Photographs (ca. 1902)

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)

    Howard Pyle's *The Mermaid* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Howard Pyle's The Mermaid (1910)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s *Campi Phlegraei* (1776–79)
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    Landscapes, Science & Medicine

    Peter Fabris’ Illustrations for William Hamilton’s Campi Phlegraei (1776–79)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

    *Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes* (1801)
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    Music & Arts

    Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (1801)

    Filippo Balbi’s *Testa Anatomica* (1854)
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    People, Science & Medicine

    Filippo Balbi’s Testa Anatomica (1854)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for *Osteologia* (1680)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for Osteologia (1680)