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Collection: Striking Impressions

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A miniature mask with the face of an Asian man. He has an exaggerated angry expression with bulging veins, a red flush to his skin, and bristling eyebrows and moustache.

A colourful wolf like mask. It has a large snout and jaws that can open and close, with teeth painted on and red lips. Most of the mask is blue with black details. The eyes appear to be made from the bottoms of wine glasses. It has ears in the form of human faces which also have mouths that can open and close.

A colourful wolf like mask. It has a large snout and jaws that can open and close, with teeth painted on and red lips. Most of the mask is blue with black details. The eyes appear to be made from the bottoms of wine glasses. It has ears in the form of human faces which also have mouths that can open and close.

Large marble bust of a White man with soft features, in the style of an Ancient Greek or Roman sculpture. He wears a toga.

Plaster cast of a mans head. He has a sharp nose, large cheekbones and a square chin. His eyes are shut. The cast has the name Napoleon on the base.

Ceramic ink well in the form of a head on a plinth. The upper left half of the head is divided by lines into irregularly shaped sections, with the most sections clustered on the forehead and around the eye. The sections are numbered and labelled: form, individuality, eventuality, comparison, benevolence, veneration, locality, causality, imitation, hope, conscientiousness, language, order, time, wit, wonder, number, tune, ideality, constructiveness, acquisitiveness, cautiousness, secretiveness, destructiveness.

Plaster cast of a human skull.

Engraving of a large man with broad shoulders, a square head and huge hands, wearing a coat with enormous cuffs. He is scowling wickedly and appears to be counting on his fingers. He sits with quill and ink next to a blank book titled Memoirs. The picture is captioned Simon Lord Lovat drawn from life and etched in aquafortis by William Hogarth. Price 1 shilling. Published according to Act of Parliament August 25th 1746.

Painted portrait of a White woman with curly hair and small, pursed red lips. She is wearing delicate patterned fabrics and holds a book and sceptre.

Bronze bust of a laughing Black woman.

Wooden sculpture of a womans face, with yellow skin, eyes strongly outlined in black, and a headdress.

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