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Etched portrait of a bearded man with curled hair holding a mask, with a Latin inscription below.

Giovanni Gabrielli ("Sivello") holding a mask. Etching by Agostino Carracci, ca. 1599

Agostino Carracci

Coloured lithograph portrait of a Seneca leader in feathered headdress holding a pipe and tomahawk, 1836.

Cornplanter, a leader of the Seneca tribe, holding a smoking pipe with pipe attachments and axe-blades. Colour lithog…

Etching of an elderly man in a head wrap propped in bed, with a hanging stocking and framed picture on the wall behind him.

David Ferguson, aged 123. Etching by T. Landseer, 1817, after H. Wrighte

Five caricature profiles of pharmacy-related men in a lithograph, with exaggerated noses and expressions, labeled in French.

A druggist, a pharmacy student, a pounder (of medicine), a chemist and a pharmacist. Lithograph by J. Platier, 1842

Hand-coloured lithograph of a boy with enormously long, tangled hair beside a dressing table and mirror, by Paul Gavarni.

A boy with incredibly long hair growing from his head and hands as a result of playing with a hair restorer. Coloured…

Etched portrait of a bearded woman in a period gown with a white collar, beside a small organ with pipes.

Barbara van Beck, a hirsute woman. Etching by R. Gaywood, 1656

Richard Gaywood

Engraving of Thomas Topham standing atop a wooden scaffold above three barrels, with diagonal bracing beams below.

Thomas Topham, lifting 1836 lbs. Etching, 1820, after C. Leigh

Monochrome portrait of a man in an ornate braided military uniform holding a tasselled sword against a dark background.

King George IV when Prince of Wales as Colonel of the tenth Light Dragoons. Photogravure, 1905, after W. Beechey

William Beechey

Lithograph of a small boy in a formal suit beside a desk with inkwell, quill, books, and champagne bottle.

Charles S. Stratton, a dwarf known as General Tom Thumb, aged twelve. Lithograph by C. Baugniet, 1844

Charles Baugniet

Sir Andrew Clark. Photogravure after R. Lehmann

Lithograph of a standing woman in a dark jacket and pale full skirt, with a flower in her hair, by Amand Gautier.

A mentally ill patient known as the 'princess of Salpêtrière'. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1885

Lithograph portrait of an elderly seated man with white hair holding eyeglasses, resting on books, signed and dated 1852.

James Coleman, aged 102. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1852

Thomas Herbert Maguire

Etching of a standing eccentric man in a tricorne hat holding two canes, with a small dog at his feet.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by J. MacArdell

James MacArdell

Black and white woodcut portrait of a man with a waxed moustache and suit, labelled William Watson.

Sir William Watson. Woodcut by R. Bryden

Aquatint portrait of a standing boy in a dark suit and lace collar, holding a riding crop, with a countryside landscape behin

George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite

Engraved portrait of Daniel Dancer seated at a table in a wooden booth with a cat at the window, by G. Scott, 1805.

Daniel Dancer, a miser. Etching by G. Scott, 1805

Lithograph of Michelangelo in a central oval, surrounded by a laurel wreath of smaller portrait medallions of Italian artists

Italian artists: Michelangelo in the centre, others around the perimeter. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842

Vincenzo Mollame

Coloured frontispiece etching with a heraldic shield, draped banner and title for John Thomas Smith's 1815 book of London str

Frontispiece to "Etchings of remarkable beggars itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its en…

John Thomas Smith

Engraved portrait of a man in feathered headdress and fringed coat smoking a pipe, with palms and a canoe in background.

Peter Williamson, kidnapped as a child and transported to the American plantations; became traveller and writer. Repr…

Etching of a small man in a coat beside a standing woman in a wide hat, with a printed caption below.

Wybrant Lolkes, a dwarf with his wife. Etching by P. Mequignon, 1790

Peter Mequignon

Lithograph of a young nun with a veil and flower bouquet beside apothecary jars and mortar, in a Gothic church interior.

A nursing nun in a pharmacy: with the hospital in the background. Lithograph by A.L. Noël, 1838, after F.J.J. Goetzen…

Franz-Jacob-Julius Götzenberger

Colour lithograph of William Ball, a very stout man in top hat, blue waistcoat and gaiters holding a riding crop.

William Ball, a man weighing forty stone. Colour lithograph

Photogravure portrait of an elderly bald man with side whiskers in a dark suit, with handwritten signature below.

Sir William Overend Priestley. Photogravure by Swan after a painting by Rudolf Lehmann

Etched full-length portrait of James McLean in period dress with sword and cane, a severed head at his feet.

James McLean, known as 'the gentleman highwayman'. Etching by G. Cruikshank

George Cruikshank

Hand-coloured lithograph of a woman in Neapolitan costume holding a baby before a sparse landscape.

A woman dressed in Neapolitan costume holding a baby. Coloured lithograph by A.C. Ledoux (?)

Photogravure portrait of a bearded older man in formal dress with orders and medals, within an oval vignette.

King Edward VII, head and shoulers. Photogravure after Luke Fildes, 1905

Black and white woodcut portrait of bearded Henrik Ibsen in wire-rim glasses, with IBSEN label and masks below.

Henrik Ibsen. Woodcut by R. Bryden, 1899

The death mask of Charles Talleyrand, the French statesman. Lithograph, c. 1860, after M. Krantz

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with long white hair and beard wearing a fur-collared coat, titled James Turner.

James Turner, a beggar and a painter's model, aged 93. Etching by R. Graves, after N. Hone

Nathaniel Hone the Elder

Engraved portrait of an elderly woman in a headscarf and dark cloak, leaning on a cane, labelled Catherine Warman.

Catherine Warman, a very old lady. Engraving by R. Graves