Images Dated 26th November 2020

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Cannibals dancing around a fire, holding human heads and bones, others gnawing on human flesh. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836

William Sommers, jester to King Henry VIII. Fool or buffoon, died 1560. In feather cap, tunic robe with HR (Henry Rex), holding a horn

Henry Welby, reclusive inhabitant of Grub Street, aged 84. The Grub Street Hermit. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836

Lady footballers, the South Team, 1895
The determined-looking ladies of the South football team who played the North team at the in the opening match of the British Ladies Football Club at Nightingale Lane ground at Crouch End in March

The Biddenden Maids, 11th century conjoined twins
Elizabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, the Biddenden Maids, died aged 34 in 1100. Legendary 11th century conjoined twins or Siamese twins from Kent, England

Daniel Dancer, notorious 18th century miser with bag of gold and coins on a bare kitechen table. Born in Harrowweald, Middlesex, 1716-1794

Gravestone with skeleton inside a tied shroud, 12th century
Ancient monumental stone with skeleton inside a tied shroud, sun and moon, 12th century. Inscribed Johana Tyrry obit. decembri 1169

Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder (c. 1620-1647). Notorious witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. Author of the Discovery of Witches

The Turk, 18th century chess-player robot hoax
The Turk, fraudulent robotic chess-player invented by Hungarian inventor Wolfgang de Kempelen 1734-1804. In fact, a man was hidden inside the machine. Given to Maria Theresa of Austria in 1769

Astrologer Jack Adams drawing a horoscope, 17th century
Astrologer Jack Adams drawing a horoscope for Joan, Queen of Sluts, 17th century. Adams was an astrologer of Clerkenwell in King Charles II's reign

Blash le Manfre, the Water Spouter
Blasii de Manfre, Blasius Manfredi, the Water Spouter. 17th century Maltese performer who drank water and spouted wine, beer, oil and milk. Magician, puppeteer and juggler, died aged 72 in 1651

A Communist Club-Room in Leicester Square
A Communist club-room in Leicester Square - French refugees in London

Vive la Commune - Siege of Paris, 1871
The French Siege of Paris by Felix Regamey showing the insurrection of the Communards against government forces

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