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Sleeping With the Devil – Medieval Illuminations of Demonic Sex

Sleeping With the Devil – Medieval Illuminations of Demonic Sex

A weird and wonderful collection of bedroom hijinks with creatures from Hell ...
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Extraordinary Portraits of Bedouins By The American Colony Photo Department in 1898

Extraordinary Portraits of Bedouins By The American Colony Photo Department in 1898

At the very end of the 19th century the American Colony Photo Department, (later the Matson Photo Service), took these pictures of Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem. ...
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Hilma af Klint’s Cosmic Art Of The Invisible

Hilma af Klint’s Cosmic Art Of The Invisible

“I had no idea what they were supposed to depict… I worked swiftly and surely, without changing a single brush stroke.” ...
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Les Sataniques : The Satanic Ones by Félicien Rops (1882)

Les Sataniques : The Satanic Ones by Félicien Rops (1882)

A Belgian artist's depictions of demonic order and sex shocked France ...
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Remember, Remember the 5th of November – Photos of Pain’s Fireworks Factory in 1928

Remember, Remember the 5th of November – Photos of Pain’s Fireworks Factory in 1928

History suggests that the barrels of gunpowder used in the infamous plot to blow up the Parliament of James I in 1605, were “manufactured by a gunpowder manufacturer within earshot of the Bells of Bow”. At that time the only such business was one John Pain, the founder of the modern day Pain's Fireworks company.... ...
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William Blake’s Illustrations For Dante’s Divine Comedy (1826)

William Blake’s Illustrations For Dante’s Divine Comedy (1826)

Spellbinding drawings from William Blake's last work ...
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Mark Twain On Racism And What The Anti-Slavery Alphabet Teaches Us About God’s Unjust Love

Mark Twain On Racism And What The Anti-Slavery Alphabet Teaches Us About God’s Unjust Love

Produced by Quakers Hannah and Mary Townsend, The Anti-Slavery Alphabet was showcased at the 1846 Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery society fair. ...
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Beatus of Facundus : A Vivid Illustrated Guide to the Apocalypse (1047)

Beatus of Facundus : A Vivid Illustrated Guide to the Apocalypse (1047)

A monk's vivid illustrations of the The Revelation of John ...
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Mammoth Color Charts For The Second Coming (1912)

Mammoth Color Charts For The Second Coming (1912)

Pastor Clarence Larkin illustrated his books with many intricate charts interpreting prophecy and explaining God’s action in history ...
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They Dug Up Lord Byron’s Body in 1938 and Were Shocked by The Size of His Dick

They Dug Up Lord Byron’s Body in 1938 and Were Shocked by The Size of His Dick

At four o'clock on the afternoon of 15th June 1938, the doors to St. Mary Magdalene were locked. Inside, around forty people waited expectantly for the opening of the Byron vault. ...
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Fascinating Photos of the Muslim Community in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, 1943

Fascinating Photos of the Muslim Community in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, 1943

"It was a dirty, smelly, rotten and romantic district, an offence and an inspiration, and I loved it" - Howard Spring ...
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The Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles : A Book of 15th Century Sex Scenes

The Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles : A Book of 15th Century Sex Scenes

Pictorial highlights from bawdy tales from the court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy ...
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