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Background imageUnusual Collection: Public library in the piney woods of southwestern Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Public library in the piney woods of southwestern Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Public library in the piney woods of southwestern Mississippi

Background imageUnusual Collection: La Marchande d'Amour (The Merchant of Love) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1815/17

La Marchande d'Amour (The Merchant of Love) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1815/17. Designed by Louis-Hippolyte LeBas, after Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet

Background imageUnusual Collection: Furnishing Fabric, France, 1827/40. Creator: Unknown

Furnishing Fabric, France, 1827/40. Creator: Unknown
Furnishing Fabric, France, 1827/40. Leceister visitant Amy Robsart, [Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester visiting Amy Robsiart]

Background imageUnusual Collection: Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring in the desert. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageUnusual Collection: St. Martin's Northern Schools, Castle-Street, Long-Acre, opened on Thursday last, 1850

St. Martin's Northern Schools, Castle-Street, Long-Acre, opened on Thursday last, 1850. Creator: Unknown
St. Martin's Northern Schools, Castle-Street, Long-Acre [in London], opened on Thursday last, 1850. A sermon was preached...by the Bishop of London, in St

Background imageUnusual Collection: Naito Shinjuku at Yotsuya (Yotsuya Naito Shinjuku), from the series “One Hundred Famous... 1857

Naito Shinjuku at Yotsuya (Yotsuya Naito Shinjuku), from the series “One Hundred Famous... 1857
Naito Shinjuku at Yotsuya (Yotsuya Naito Shinjuku), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

Background imageUnusual Collection: Rabbit-Ear Irises in Autumn, from the series 'Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four... c. 1792

Rabbit-Ear Irises in Autumn, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four... c. 1792
Rabbit-Ear Irises in Autumn, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)", c. 1792. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: Colossal Prize Bride-Cake Exhibited at the Albany State Fair, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Colossal Prize Bride-Cake Exhibited at the Albany State Fair, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Colossal Prize Bride-Cake Exhibited at the Albany State Fair, 1850. Wedding cake made by Benjamin Briare, ...elevated on ornamented scroll pedestals...with a bridal wreath of flowers

Background imageUnusual Collection: Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura, c. 1780/1801. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura, c. 1780/1801. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura, c. 1780/1801. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: Minamoto Yorimitsu in Mount Ashigara (Minomoto Yorimitsu Ashigarayama iri no zu), 1861

Minamoto Yorimitsu in Mount Ashigara (Minomoto Yorimitsu Ashigarayama iri no zu), 1861. Creator: Yoshitsuya
Minamoto Yorimitsu in Mount Ashigara (Minomoto Yorimitsu Ashigarayama iri no zu), 1861. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: John Bull Reading the Extraordinary Red Book, published June 20, 1816. Creator: William Elmes

John Bull Reading the Extraordinary Red Book, published June 20, 1816. Creator: William Elmes
John Bull Reading the Extraordinary Red Book, published June 20, 1816

Background imageUnusual Collection: Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama), c. 1795. Creator: Eishosai Choki

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama), c. 1795. Creator: Eishosai Choki
Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama), c. 1795. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: M. Petin's 'System of Aerial Navigation', 1850. Creator: Unknown. M

M. Petin's "System of Aerial Navigation", 1850. Creator: Unknown. M
M. Petin's "System of Aerial Navigation", 1850. French milliner and balloonist Ernest Petin..has sought to give to his apparatus the greatest possible power

Background imageUnusual Collection: Athletic Games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Running High Jump, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Athletic Games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Running High Jump, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Athletic Games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich [in south London] - Running High Jump, 1850....the Gentlemen Cadets at Woolwich amused themselves and a large party of their friends

Background imageUnusual Collection: Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883

Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883. Creator: Toyohara Kunichika
Kabuki Stars Before a Gracious Waterfall (Arigataki megumi no hanagata), 1883. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: The Army and Navy Attack and Capture Weihaiwei (Ikaiei rikukaigun kogeki senryo zu), Japan, 1895

The Army and Navy Attack and Capture Weihaiwei (Ikaiei rikukaigun kogeki senryo zu), Japan, 1895. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: The Army and Navy Attack and Capture Weihaiwei (Ikaiei rikukaigun kogeki senryo zu), Japan, 1895

The Army and Navy Attack and Capture Weihaiwei (Ikaiei rikukaigun kogeki senryo zu), Japan, 1895. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: Punch and Judy at Christmas - drawn by Leech, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Punch and Judy at Christmas - drawn by Leech, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Punch and Judy at Christmas - drawn by Leech, 1850. Illustration to "Christmas Interiors", an article by the Old Batchelor. "This ere's a nice party, " [Mr

Background imageUnusual Collection: The Cave of Karli, 1835. Creator: George Cattermole

The Cave of Karli, 1835. Creator: George Cattermole
The Cave of Karli, 1835. Rock-cut Buddhist temples at Karli in Maharashtra, India. From "Views in India, China and on the Shores of the Red Sea, Vol. II". [Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1835]

Background imageUnusual Collection: Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795. Creator: Hosoda Eishi

Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795. Creator: Hosoda Eishi

Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches, c. 1795. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: Peruvian Mummies, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Peruvian Mummies, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Peruvian Mummies, 1850. Two days journey from Calama lies an old Peruvian burial-place, called Chin-Chin. The bodies are there in a semicircle, to the number of 500 or 600 - men, women

Background imageUnusual Collection: Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm woman beside her barn door. Tulare County, California. No more horseshoes!

Background imageUnusual Collection: Wild Duck Shooting on the Potomac, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Wild Duck Shooting on the Potomac, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Wild Duck Shooting on the Potomac, 1850. American invention for duck-shooting:.one device attracted my notice especially [and] succeeds admirably

Background imageUnusual Collection: Entrance to the Cave of Elephanta, 1835. Creator: William Purser

Entrance to the Cave of Elephanta, 1835. Creator: William Purser
Entrance to the Cave of Elephanta, 1835. The Elephanta Caves in Maharashtra, India. From "Views in India, China and on the Shores of the Red Sea, Vol. II". [Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1835]

Background imageUnusual Collection: A Suttee, 1845. Creator: D Roberts

A Suttee, 1845. Creator: D Roberts
A Suttee, 1845. Mourners on the ghats by the River Ganges, India. Suttee or sati was a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre

Background imageUnusual Collection: Anti-Papal Demonstration at Salisbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Anti-Papal Demonstration at Salisbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Anti-Papal Demonstration at Salisbury, 1850....the sober, peaceful, and respectable city of Salisbury [in Wiltshire] was frightened from the propriety of its stagnation by a grand mock procession of

Background imageUnusual Collection: Violent Display of Popular Indignation against the Austrian Marshal Haynau, at Bankside, 1850

Violent Display of Popular Indignation against the Austrian Marshal Haynau, at Bankside, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Violent Display of Popular Indignation against the Austrian Marshal Haynau, at Bankside, 1850. The Marshal seems to have had little idea of the loathing

Background imageUnusual Collection: Paris Fashions for June - Ball Dress, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Paris Fashions for June - Ball Dress, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Paris Fashions for June - Ball Dress, 1850....a Ball Costume, with a graceful head-dress, composed of a vine garland with grapes

Background imageUnusual Collection: Doncaster Races - the Dead-Heat for the St. Leger Stakes... 1850. Creator: Unknown

Doncaster Races - the Dead-Heat for the St. Leger Stakes... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Doncaster Races - the Dead-Heat for the St. Leger Stakes, between "Voltigeur" and "Russborough" - "Bolingbroke" third, 1850

Background imageUnusual Collection: Announcement of performance of Kanjincho by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII to celebrate... 1852

Announcement of performance of Kanjincho by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII to celebrate... 1852. Creator: Torii Kiyomitsu II
Announcement of performance of Kanjincho by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII to celebrate 200 years of Ichikawa family history, 1852

Background imageUnusual Collection: Rameswur, - Caves of Ellora, 1835. Creator: George Cattermole

Rameswur, - Caves of Ellora, 1835. Creator: George Cattermole
Rameswur, - Caves of Ellora, 1835. Rock-cut Hindu temple caves in Maharashtra, India. From "Views in India, China and on the Shores of the Red Sea, Vol. II". [Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1835]

Background imageUnusual Collection: Searching for Stowaways, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Searching for Stowaways, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Searching for Stowaways, 1850. Sailors looking for stowaways on a British ship leaving for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand

Background imageUnusual Collection: Daring Leap in the Dining-Room of the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Daring Leap in the Dining-Room of the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Daring Leap in the Dining-Room of the White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, 1850. Mr. Charles Symonds, of Oxford, offered to bring a grey horse of his upstairs and lead him round the table

Background imageUnusual Collection: Shetland Ponies purchased for the Pacha of Egypt, 1850. Creators: Harrison Weir, Benjamin Herring

Shetland Ponies purchased for the Pacha of Egypt, 1850. Creators: Harrison Weir, Benjamin Herring
Shetland Ponies purchased for the Pacha of Egypt, 1850. These eight ponies (three brown, and five black) have lately been sold to the agent of the Pacha of Egypt, by Mr

Background imageUnusual Collection: Skeleton Group in the Rameswur, Caves of Ellora, 1834. Creator: George Cattermole

Skeleton Group in the Rameswur, Caves of Ellora, 1834. Creator: George Cattermole
Skeleton Group in the Rameswur, Caves of Ellora, 1834. Rock-cut Hindu temple caves in Maharashtra, India. From "Views in India, China and on the Shores of the Red Sea, Vol. I"

Background imageUnusual Collection: La Marchande d'Amour (The Merchant of Love) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1815/17

La Marchande d'Amour (The Merchant of Love) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1815/17. Designed by Louis-Hippolyte LeBas, after Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet

Background imageUnusual Collection: Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. Creator: Hare

Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. Creator: Hare
Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. A simple and ingenious novelty...for the convenience and comfort of those who may wish to enjoy a private bath in mid-day, on the Serpentine

Background imageUnusual Collection: The Hippopotamus, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson

The Hippopotamus, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson
The Hippopotamus, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1850. Obaysch the hippo, a gift of Abbas Pasha....no ordinary difficulties had to be surmounted in his maintenance at

Background imageUnusual Collection: Amorini et Medallions (Cupid and Medallions) (Furnishing Fabric), France, c. 1810

Amorini et Medallions (Cupid and Medallions) (Furnishing Fabric), France, c. 1810. Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet, manufactured by Christophe Philippe Oberkampf. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageUnusual Collection: Whirlwind at Exeter, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Whirlwind at Exeter, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Whirlwind at Exeter, [in Devon], 1850. Depiction of...an extraordinary phenomenon, witnessed by...Mr. Webber, landlord of the Port Royal Inn...Mr

Background imageUnusual Collection: Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850....a young lady...was to be placed in a convent, by her father, if she did not procure...one million of used postage stamps

Background imageUnusual Collection: The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850. During a visit to London, the Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau was attacked by an angry mob who

Background imageUnusual Collection: Travelling in India - Officers joining the Indian Army on Service, 1850. Creator: Smyth

Travelling in India - Officers joining the Indian Army on Service, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Travelling in India - Officers joining the Indian Army on Service, 1850....the new arrangement for dak travelling, which has superseded the palankeen

Background imageUnusual Collection: Scene from the 'Devil's Ring', at Drury-Lane Theatre, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Scene from the "Devil's Ring", at Drury-Lane Theatre, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Scene from the "Devil's Ring", at Drury-Lane Theatre, [London], 1850. Miss Nelson, as the enchanted Princess, in...the scene of the re-capture of the Princess

Background imageUnusual Collection: New Font for Easton Church, near Winchester, 1850. Creator: Unknown

New Font for Easton Church, near Winchester, 1850. Creator: Unknown
New Font for Easton Church, near Winchester, 1850. Stone font for St Mary's Church, ...executed entirely by the hands of a lady, also resident in the parish

Background imageUnusual Collection: Lump of Gold from California - value £500, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Lump of Gold from California - value £500, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Lump of Gold from California - value £500, 1850. This "big lump" of gold is pronounced by competent judges to be not only the largest, but the finest specimen yet brought to England

Background imageUnusual Collection: Picturesque Sketches of London - Street Sights, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Picturesque Sketches of London - Street Sights, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Picturesque Sketches of London - Street Sights, 1850. A...balancer...takes a ladder, high enough to reach a second-floor window, and up it goes on his chin



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