Votive terracotta face, probably Roman, 200 BC-200 AD.

Pathologist examining the mask of a mummy, Manchester, 10 June 1975.

Wooden shield painted with a demon's face, Chinese, 19th century.

'The Disputed Shot', pitmen playing quoits, c 1836.

Cubical sundial, Italian, c 1560.

Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist, 1834.

An exorcism mask, Sri Lankan, 1771-1900.

Women painting alarm clock faces, Ingersoll factory, January 1932.

'The Dutch Chymist', c 1780s.

A portrait of two Mexican women, 1896.

Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish writer, poet and dramatist, 1770.

'Gas mask drill for evacuees', 27 February 1941.