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    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage
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    Love & Lust

    The 25 Stages from Courtship to Marriage

    The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)
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    Travel & Exploration

    The Hermit; or, The Unparalleled Sufferings, and Surprising Adventures, of Philip Quarll (1814)

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)
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    Science & Medicine, People, Emotion & Expression

    Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum (ca.1855)

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)
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    Design & Typography

    The Funny Alphabet (ca.1850)

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images
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    Science & Medicine

    Selection from Wellcome Library’s release of 100k openly licensed images

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)
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    Politics

    Twelve Years a Slave (1859)

    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million
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    The British Library’s “Mechanical Curator” million

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)
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    Design & Typography

    Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type and Borders (1874)

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)
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    People

    Robert Cornelius’ Self-Portrait: The First Ever “Selfie” (1839)

    W. F. Hooley reads Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1898)
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    Politics, War

    W. F. Hooley reads Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1898)

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)
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    People

    Paintings in Proust (Vol. 1, Swann’s Way)

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)
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    Fashion

    Wear Celluloid Collars and Cuffs (ca.1870)

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Flowers and Pictures of the Holy Land

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Ernst Haeckel’s Radiolaria (1862)

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)
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    People, Sport & Exercise, Fashion

    Engravings from a French Ice-Skating Manual (1813)

    The Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson (1904)
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    Wisdom

    The Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson (1904)

    A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Landscapes

    A Selection from The Getty’s Open Content Program

    Nursery Lessons in Words of One Syllable (1838)
    Books

    Nursery Lessons in Words of One Syllable (1838)

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    The Belly of a Horse (1820)

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of James F. O’Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845)

    The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)
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    People

    The Book of Wonderful Characters (1869)

    Pollen Up Close (1837)
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    Science & Medicine

    Pollen Up Close (1837)

    The Blossoms of Morality (1806)
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    Wisdom

    The Blossoms of Morality (1806)