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Daphne du Maurier in FoweyDaphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989), English writer and novelist, author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, pictured looking rather dashing while smoking a pipe
Charles Darwin with a lookalike apeCharles Darwin holding up a hand mirror to an ape, showing how alike the pair of them are
Heteropoda venatoria, huntsman spiderThis a large brown spider with a flattened body structure and a leg span of between 7 and 12 cm. These spiders hunt at night, and mainly prey upon cockroaches
Tarantula spider - face (Trochosa singoriensis). South Tuva, Russia
Pan & PsychePan is consulted by Psyche concerning her relationship with Cupid
Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century
Veet advertisement, 1926Advertisement for Veet hair removal cream from 1926 - don t let disfiguring growths of superfluous hair destroy your charm and daintiness any longer
Stephan Bibrowski (1890 - 1932), know as Lionel the Lion-faced Man. Lionel traveled to the United States and started appearing with the Barnum and Bailey Circus
Hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker and red-belliedHairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus, male 1, downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, male 2 and female 3, and red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, male 4
The bearded lady: Miss Annie Jones 1897Annie Jones Elliot (1865 - 1902), a " freak" and part of the " Greatest Show on Earth". The accompanying article describes her as " in every respect the best of the "
The bearded lady: Miss Annie Jones 1898Annie Jones Elliot (1865 - 1902) also known as " the Bearded Lady" toured with the showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. 1898
Julia Pastrana (1834 - 1860), from Mexico, a hairy woman who married a showman, Theodor Lent, but died in childbirth at Moscow (the child also died)
Julia Pastrana from Mexico, hairy womanJulia Pastrana, from Mexico, a hairy woman who married a showman, Theodor Lent, but died in childbirth at Moscow (the child also died)
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban, The Tempest, ShakespeareHerbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Shaggy dog's head - 1950s printer's block Date: 1950s
Comic postcard, Man falls out of bed onto chamber pot Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man with twins - I winked, she winked - this is the result. At Morecambe. Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Stone Age attractions Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Stone Age Lyons Cafe Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Piccadilly Circus in the Stone Age Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Drunken Stone Age man with prehistoric animals Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Three Stone Age men - A quiet game of Nap. Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Four pairs of legs paddling in the sea. Why don t you come and mingle your tooties [tootsies] with ours? Date: 20th century
Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius, males 1, 2, and female 3. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania
Fossils of extinct sea snails. Proto maraschinii, Turritella, Potamides fragilis, Nerina tuberculosa. Proto del Maraschiini, Proto turritella, Potamide fragile, Nerina turbercolosa
Epatolmis caesarea and Penthophera morio moths. Phalaena luctifera, Phalaena morio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in
Barbara Urslerin, bearded girl from Germany Barbara UrslerinBarbara Urslerin (1629 - 1668+), a bearded woman from Germany. 1668
The bearded lady: Miss Annie JonesAnnie Jones Elliot (1865 - 1902) also known as " the Bearded Lady" toured with the showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction
Dorothy Comingore (right) and Susan Hayward (middle) wearing Dolly Tree creations in The Hairy Ape (1943) Date: 1943
Susan Hayward and John Loder in The Hairy Ape (1943)Susan Hayward wearing Dolly Tree creation in The Hairy Ape (1943) with John Loder on the left Date: 1943
The stars of The Hairy Ape (1943)Dorothy Comingore and Susan Hayward (middle left and right) wearing Dolly Tree creation in The Hairy Ape (1943) with John Loder (left) and William Bendix (right) Date: 1943
International Vegetarian Congress in Berlin, 1932Delegates at the International Vegetarian Congress in Berlin, 1932, whose tonsorial abundance leads The Sphere magazine to ask, " Does Vegetarianism increase the growth of hair?" Date: 1932
Hairy tetratheca, Tetratheca hirsuta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G
Hairy sandwasp, Podalonia hirsuta (Ammophila hirsuta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare
Hairy violet, Viola hirta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801
Great hairy willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801
Large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus. Dasypus octocinctus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Tyroff after an illustration by H.D
Hairy long-eared bat, Nycteris hispida. Vespertilio hispidus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel
Wintergreen, periwinkle and dogs bane speciesUmbellated wintergreen, Pyrola umbellata, herbaceous periwinkle, hairy gonolobus, Gonolobus hirsutus, broad-leaved amsonia, Amsonia latifolia, and tutsan-leaved dog s-bane, Apocynum androsaemifolium
Everlasting pea and vetch speciesLord Ansons pea, Lathyrus magellanicus, large-flowered everlasting pea, Lathyrus grandiflorus, blue-flowered platystylis, Platystylis cyanea, hairy bitter vetch, Orobus hirsutus
Marianthus, pronaya and tetratheca speciesBlue spotted marianthus, Marianthus caerulea-punctatus, elegant pronaya, Pronaya elegans, hairy tetratheca, Tetratheca hirsuta, and whorled-leaved tetratheca, Tetratheca verticillata
Moonrat, Echinosorex gymnura. Raffles moonrat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838
Hairy garlic, Allium subhirsutum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871
Exotic hornets, wasps and beesOriental hornet, Vespa orientalis 1, scarab hunter wasp, Campsomeris quadrimaculata 2, hairy footed flower bee, Anthophora plumipes 3, steel-blue wasp, Chalybion caeruleum 4, preying mantis
Big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosusBig hairy armadillo or large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus (Hairy armadillo, or fourth tatou of d Azara). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The
Silky triggerplant (Hairy stylewort, Stylidium pilosum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register
Hairy goodia, Goodia lotifolia var. pubescens (Goodia pubescens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine