The old man at death's gate, illustration
The chimney sweep
Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet
Emperor Nero at his mother's dissection
William Gifford, British poet and editor
The flower girl and the undertaker, 19th C illustration
Thomas Craig, Scottish legal scholar
Pittacus of Mytilene, Greek general
Govert Bidloo, Dutch anatomist
Satire on gluttony, 17th century
The Death, 19th Century illustration
Bias of Priene, Greek philosopher
Centaurs, 19th Century illustration
'Jerusalem Delivered', 19th-century illustration
Weight of gold, 19th Century engraving
Cleobulus of Lindos, Greek poet
'Paradise Lost' by Milton, 19th-century illustration
Perceptions of beauty, 19th century
Greeting French ladies, 19th-century illustration
The Abbess and the Dance of Death, 17th century
16th Century woodcut print
16th Century German woodcut print
19th Century chestnut vendor, Paris
18th Century electricity experiment
Therapeutic electrical cabinet treatment
Cervantes, Spanish author
The dance of death
Cremation furnace
Archilochus of Paros, Ancient Greek poet
Sappho, Ancient Greek poet
Odysseus and the cyclops Polyphemus, 19th century
Surface of Venus, 19th century
Lunar explorers, 19th-century science fiction
Fuxi, Chinese mythological emperor
Songs of innocence and experience
Nebuchadnezzar
Stone age structure
Medieval astronomical charts, artwork
Medieval maps, artwork
高村光太郎
The Triumph of Death, 16th century
Death of Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher
Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologist
Steam-powered tram, 19th century illustration
Harvesting of flax, 19th century illustration
Human skeleton with hourglass, 17th century
15th Century German woodcut print
Lovely heart
Scene from Voltaire's 'The History of Jenni' (1774)
Scene from Voltaire's play 'Irene' (1778)
Samuel Hahnemann, German physician
Benn Pitman, shorthand inventor
Paradise gate, 19th C illustration
Coco's Last Ration, 19th century illustration
The Bride of Death, 19th century illustration
Sun and clouds, historical artwork
Pied Piper of Hamelin, 19th century illustration
Map of Africa, 19th century illustration
Cybele, mother goddess
Surface of Mars, 19th century
Nubian desert tribe, 19th-century science fiction
Man making a wicker basket, 19th century illustration
Wilhelm I, German emperor
Natchez people of the Mississippi, 1840s
William Smith, British geologist
The Dance of Death, allegorical artwork
Count Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist and poet
Pile dwellings in Lake Mohrja, Urua, illustration
Thomas Huxley, caricature
Martin Frobisher, English explorer
Captain James Cook, British explorer
Henrich Ruhmkorff, German inventor
Claude Chappe, French engineer
Gold mining, 19th century
Tallow production, 19th century
Slaughtering of whales, Norway, 19th century illustration
Lysias, Ancient Greek orator
Solar eclipse from the Moon, 19th-century science fiction
The Suicide, 19th century illustration
William Hunter on abortions, 1774
Scene from 'Madame Favart' operetta (1878)
Alfred Tennyson, poet, illustration
19th Century ladies handcar, artwork
19th Century washing machine, artwork
People playing deck shuffleboard, illustration
Jules Verne, French novelist
Dream of Charles X and July Revolution, 1830s satire
Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), 19th century illustration
Scarlet fuchsia (Graptophyllum excelsum), illustration
Tiger flower (Tigridia pavonia), 19th century illustration
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora), 19th century illustration
Passion flower (Passiflora alata), 19th century illustration
Fringe iris (Iris fimbriata), 19th century illustration
Giant cudweed (Gnaphalium eximium), 19th century illustration
Avens (Geum coccineum), 19th century illustration
Snake vine (Hibbertia scandens), 19th century illustration
Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata), illustration
'Marie Tudor' by Hugo, 19th-century illustration
Death of the Devil, 19th Century illustration
Human anatomy, 19th century
Tobacco factory, Baltimore, USA, 19th century illustration
Choke pear, 19th century illustration
Witch hook, 19th century illustration
Shoeshiner in London, England, 19th century illustration
Virginia City and Mount Davidson, Nevada, USA, illustration
Track construction of Central Pacific Railroad, illustration
Frontier town, California, USA, 19th century illustration
Hieroglyphic rocks, USA, 19th century illustration
Adolf Bastian, German ethnologist
Temple of the Ashanti tribe, Ghana, illustration
Residence of the King of Urua, 19th century illustration
Wizard of the Marua people, 19th century illustration
18th century hairdressing, 19th century caricature
Franz Gall, German physiologist
George Romanes, English naturalist
Diving bells, 19th century
King James I of England
Tonga tribal chief, 19th century
Lloque Yupanqui, Inca emperor
Manco Capac, Inca emperor
Mina woman from Brazil, 19th century
Tesla induction motor, 1888
Mounted quadrant, 17th century
Herve Mangon, French engineer and politician
Niagara Falls in winter, 19th century
Storm on the Qiantang River, 19th century
Tidal bore on the River Seine, 19th century
Count Rumford, US-British physicist
Micmac boy from Cape Breton, 19th century
Torquato Tasso, Italian poet
Observations of Mars, 1840s
19th Century Egyptian backgammon players
Coral fisherman, 19th Century artwork
Native woman from Tahiti bringing a present, illustration
The study room of the astrologer, illustration
Men hunting chamois, 19th century illustration
Men drinking beer and discussing politics, illustration
Cabbage cutter, 19th century illustration
Shakespeare and friends drinking, 19th century illustration
Woman from Wengo people, Africa, 19th century illustration
Man in a cangue, 19th century illustration
Men smoking hookah, India, 19th century illustration
Johann Heinrich Barth, German explorer
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander, German astronomer
Men of the Kabinda tribe, DRC, 19th century illustration
Women from the Ashanti tribe weaving, illustration
Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician
John Frederick Herschel, English astronomer and scientist
Adrian Metius, Dutch astronomer, 19th century illustration
William Harvey's autopsy of Thomas Parr, illustration
Emin Pasha, German explorer
Sir John Franklin, British explorer
Gaston Plante, French physicist
Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist
Henri de Ruolz, French industrial chemist
Royal tonsure ceremony in Siam, 19th century
Sale of slaves in the USA, 1860s
Red Sea expedition, 19th-century science fiction
Hippolyte Taine, French historian
Jacob's ladder, 19th Century illustration
Judith beheading Holofernes, illustration
Pan and Apollo, 19th Century illustration
Daniel in the lion's den, illustration
Tower of Babel, 19th Century illustration
Lavater's physiognomy, 19th century
Dentistry, satirical artwork
Quack, satirical artwork
Storming of the Bastille, 19th-century illustration
Nubians praying to the Moon, 19th-century science fiction
News of the murder of President Lincoln
Tribal chief funeral on New Caledonia, 19th century
William Blackstone, British judge
Whale hunting in the Arctic Ocean, 19th century illustration
Megabats, illustration
Argonaut
Southern brown kiwi, illustration
The Church and the Death, 19th Century illustration
Albrecht Durer, German artist
Death dancing with a jewish man
Panacea, 16th century illustration
Death and cholera epidemic, 1830s satire