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Roma

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  • A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.
  • Two huntsmen in a clearing are surrounded by gypsies who read their palms as a decoy for stealing their belongings. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
  • A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.
  • Gypsies living on the hillside outside a tavern; two men are on horseback, while others are carrying baskets of food, cooking and tending to children. Engraving by J. Moyreau after P. Wouwermans.
  • Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.
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    A travelling gypsy family enjoying a rest and a meal of soup, bread and wine. Engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

    Maggiotto, Francesco, 1750-1805. | Reference: 27047i
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    Rassenutopie und Genozid : die nationalsozialistische "Lösung der Zigeunerfrage" / Michael Zimmermann.

    Zimmermann, Michael, 1951-2007. | Date: [1996], ©1996
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    Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

    Bright, Richard, 1789-1858. | Date: 1818
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    The pariah syndrome : an account of Gypsy slavery and persecution / Ian Hancock.

    Hancock, Ian F. | Date: 1988, ©1987
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    Wo sind sie hingekommen? : der unterschlagene Völkermord an den Sinti und Roma / Michail Krausnick.

    Krausnick, Michail, 1943- | Date: [1995], ©1995
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