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A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

An Indian commandant: his wife handing him some betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.

The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.

A white doctor vaccinating African girls all wearing European clothes at a mission station. Process print by Meisenbach after a photograph.

A white doctor vaccinating a African child, surrounded by crowds of women and children waiting to be vaccinated. Process print by Meisenbach after a photograph.

Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.

Imperialism, power, and identity : experiencing the Roman empire / David J. Mattingly.

Orientalism / Edward W. Said.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Natives : race and class in the ruins of empire / Akala.

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Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.

Imperialism, power, and identity : experiencing the Roman empire / David J. Mattingly.

Orientalism / Edward W. Said.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Natives : race and class in the ruins of empire / Akala.