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A man using a raft of inflated skins to navigate the River Tigris. Wood engraving.

Two men and a woman crossing the river Tigris on inflated skins. Wood engraving.

A young woman, posing semi-naked in a photographic studio, lying full-length on a fur-covered sofa or day-bed.

Santorini, Greece: men carrying hogskins full of water to a cistern. Photograph. 18--.

Indian cobbler and wife. Gouache drawing.

Machinery used in leather manufacture. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1813.

Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

A young woman, posing naked in a photographic studio, lying full-length on a fur-covered sofa or day-bed, with her back to the camera. Stereo photograph, ca.1900.

A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, surrounded by fabrics and sitting on a fur.

A young woman posing naked holding a sword, front view standing on a fur in front of a piece of fabric.

Ancient skins, parchments and leathers / R. Reed.

Wild animal skins in Victorian Britain : zoos, collections, portraits, and maps / Ann C. Colley, State University College of New York at Buffalo, USA.

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Hides and skins

Images from the collections

Images about Hides and skins

Works from the collections

A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, surrounded by fabrics and sitting on a fur.

A young woman posing naked holding a sword, front view standing on a fur in front of a piece of fabric.

Ancient skins, parchments and leathers / R. Reed.

Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

Wild animal skins in Victorian Britain : zoos, collections, portraits, and maps / Ann C. Colley, State University College of New York at Buffalo, USA.

Hides and skins

Images from the collections

Images about Hides and skins

Works from the collections

A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, surrounded by fabrics and sitting on a fur.

A young woman posing naked holding a sword, front view standing on a fur in front of a piece of fabric.

Ancient skins, parchments and leathers / R. Reed.

Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.

Wild animal skins in Victorian Britain : zoos, collections, portraits, and maps / Ann C. Colley, State University College of New York at Buffalo, USA.

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