Uncovering the breadth of our collections

	Etched dog bone This jar contains specimens of digested bone that were fed to a dog by Henry Cline at St Thomas's Hospital, London, between 1784 and 1811, to demonstrate the corrosive force of gastric acids. Cline was surgeon to the hospital and taught surgery and anatomy. View this item in the Library catalogue (item number 588138i).
	Framed mirror A mirror framed with genetic formulae associated with the cloning of biological organisms. Papier-mâché with photocopied paper, cardboard, felt pen and mirror glass, by Sophie Dauvois, 1998. View this item in the Library catalogue (item number 41790i)
	Photograph viewer Kinora depicting a series of photographs of Henry Wellcome's wife and son, Gwendoline Syrie Maud Wellcome and Henry Mounteney Wellcome, boating in a punt on a river or lake with an unidentified man (possibly Wellcome or his son's tutor, Arthur Mounteney Jephson), c.1910. View this item in the Library catalogue (item number 47278i)
	Halloween sculpture Papier-mâché sculpture of a human skeleton with a red hat, produced by a Mexican artist for the Day of the Dead festival (All Saints' Day/Halloween) at Lake Pátzquaro, Mexico, 2 November 1975. View this item in the Library catalogue (item number 39567i)
	Gachet portrait Portrait of Paul Ferdinand Gachet, physician and art-collector, an impression of the only known etching to be made by Vincent Van Gogh, created on 15 June 1890. View this item in the Library catalogue (item number 3418i)
	The Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel's 'Liber Chronicarum' (Nuremberg Chronicle), published by Anton Koberger at Nuremberg in 1493. It is one of an estimated 1100 surviving copies, making it the most common 15th-century printed book today. Depicting the history of the world with over 1800 beautiful woodcut illustrations, some hand coloured, it features copious notes by a near-contemporary reader. This copy was previously owned by William Morris. View this item in the Library catalogue (item number 25929598)
	Henry Wellcome mask Plaster mask of Henry Wellcome aged about 50, produced at a time when casts were popular and fashionable among eminent and rich people as a mark of status; produced c.1902. View this item in the Archives and Manuscripts catalogue (item number WA/HSW/OB/B.8)