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Nava Nari Kunjara, the Nine Women Elephant, (detail), 19th C, pigment on wood by unknown artist, photo credit: Horniman Museum and Gardens

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A Caricature of Greenwich Pensioners. c. 1800, pen & brown ink with watercolour over pencil by John Thurston (1774–1822). photo credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

A Caricature of Greenwich Pensioners
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