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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 plan of the City of Aberdeen with all the inclosures surrounding the town to the adjacent country, from a survey taken 1789.

Old printed map of Aberdeen, showing the area by the harbour. A street named Virginia Street runs behind warehouses parallel to the water, and a building labelled Shugarey is prominent.

Tags: LoS Enslavement

A print which depicts a row of scholars linking arms while another scholar speaks from a podium. The scholars are mostly dressed in black gowns with square caps, but some have an absurd appearance. One is depicted as a skeleton with a scythe, another wears all tartan and wields a polearm, and another has a large conical hat with an orb and cross on top.

A Rare Nicht Oot poster

A roughly drawn sketch of Hogarth's picture of John Wilkes, emphasising the picture's crossed eyes and crooked mouth.

A Secret for the Ears of Liberal Moderates, Voluntaries, and Dissenters

A last-minute attempt by the Tory faction in Aberdeen to worry the Liberals before the 1841 general election, about their candidate Alexander Bannerman.

Tags: 1840s, the voice of radicalism

A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs Vol. 1

'The Maid of Isla' song in George Thomson's A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs Vol. 1

A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs Vol. 1

A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs Vol. 5

Images from Thomson's A Selection of Original Scottish Airs kindly leant from the collection of Dr Bill Zachs.

A small, dark wooden sculpture of a head with arms held out in front and hands together. The nose and lower face protrude in an exaggerated manner. It has a hat, eyes of mother of pearl, and pierced ears.

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