Terracotta votive offerings. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offerings. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offering. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offering. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offerings. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offerings. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offerings. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offerings. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

Terracotta votive offering. From an Etruscan or Etrusco-Campanian selection once featured in Henry Welcome's museum. 4th-2nd Century BC.

A Medical Missionary Attending to a Sick African' by Harold Copping. Oil on canvas, 1916

St Elizabeth Visiting the Sick' by Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610). Elizabeth of Hungary was known as a healing saint and was renowned for her devotion to the poor and the sick. Oil painting on copper, Germany, 1598.

Facial plaster cast. An example of Maori tattooing can be seen across the cast. New Zealand, 1851.

An Explosion in a Laboratory' by Unknown. Oil on canvas.

Medicine chest. Stocked with many imported ingredients including ginger, rhubarb and quinine. Made from brass, iron and mahogany, 1850-1900.

Illustration of a tree. Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ..... by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 42. Arbre pres de l'aiguade a Manga-Reva

Selection of eye baths. Made from glass, silver and porcelain, English, 19th Century.

Walking sticks used by Charles Darwin. English, 1860-1870.

Wincarnis port wine advertisement. Supposedly endorsed by 10,000 doctors. Cardboard, 1914-1916.

Lead crosses. Used specifically to mark and mourn death. English, 1348-1349.

Two earthenware chamber pots - glazed. English, 1820-1891.

Brass corset. Worn by most females to give a more 'attractive' body shape. English, 1800-1880.

Geometric Feng Shui compass. Chinese, made from glass, metal and wood, 19th Century.

Shrunken head (a Tsantsa), a symbolic item from the Shuar People. 19th Century.

Shrunken head (a Tsantsa), a symbolic item from the Shuar People. 19th Century.

Tobacco resuscitator kit from London. English, made from leather, boxwood and brass, 1774.

Memento Mori. European, made from silver, 19th Century.

A lined case full of prosthetic glass eyes. English, 1870-1920.

Memento Mori. Italian, made from wood, 16th Century.

Memorial head. From the Akan people, Ghana, made from clay, 1890-1920.

Memorial head. From the Akan people, Ghana, made from clay, 1890-1920.

Portrait of a Young Man c1550-5 by Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572)

Benjamin Disraeli's death mask. Made from rubber, wood and wax, England, 1881.

Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ..... by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 40. Site sur L'ile d'Ao -Kena. Iles Manga-Reva

Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ..... by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 88. Village de Lebouka vu de la Mer. Iles Viti.

Shoes for women whose feet have been bound. Chinese, made from wood, silk, cloth, leather, iron and foil, 1870-1910.

Warning notice from a tomb at Halicarnassus. Built by Thoiodote and Hermes in the 3rd or 2nd century AD, this slab warns of a formidable curse awaiting anyone who damages or attempts to gain entrance to the tomb.

A guillotine blade. From France, made from steel and wood, 1790-1794.

Model of a pregnant woman for use during anatomy education. Italian, made from ivory, 17th century.

Amulet from a collection of Algerian, Italian and Tunisian amulets. Amulets such as this would have been kept in the home or worn on the body in order to provide protection against evil spirits or in order to help cure ill health.

Amulet from a collection of Algerian, Italian and Tunisian amulets. Amulets such as this would have been kept in the home or worn on the body in order to provide protection against evil spirits or in order to help cure ill health.

Amulet from a collection of Algerian, Italian and Tunisian amulets. Amulets such as this would have been kept in the home or worn on the body in order to provide protection against evil spirits or in order to help cure ill health.

Amulet from a collection of Algerian, Italian and Tunisian amulets. Amulets such as this would have been kept in the home or worn on the body in order to provide protection against evil spirits or in order to help cure ill health.

An Ancient Roman wind chime. A 19th century, Italian copy of an original from 200 BC.

Vanitas. European, made from wax and cloth, 18th century.

Vanitas. European, made from wax and cloth, 18th century.

Vanitas. European, made from wax and cloth, 18th century.

Mummified body of a male. From the Chimu people, Peru, 1200-1400.

Mummified body of a male. From the Chimu people, Peru, 1200-1400.

Amulet in the shape of a penis. From Italy, 1st century AD.

Opium pipe. Chinese, made from terracotta, metal and ivory.

Opium pipe. Chinese, made from terracotta, metal and ivory.

Canopic jars. Egyptian, made from limestone.

Canopic jars. Egyptian, made from limestone.

Canopic jar. Egyptian, made from limestone.

Free' by Marc Quinn, 2005. Made from polymer wax after Quinn's son was diagnosed with a life-threatening milk allergy.

Free' by Marc Quinn, 2005. Made from polymer wax after Quinn's son was diagnosed with a life-threatening milk allergy.

Infant Identification Kit, USA, 1925. Used to produce necklaces showing the child's name as an early precaution against babies being swapped or stolen.

A Human Face: Half Alive, Half Dead'. Italian, oil on copper, 18th century.

Memento Mori. European, made from ivory, 18th century.

Chinese carving of an erotic scene. Made from ivory.

Chinese carving of an erotic scene. Made from ivory.

Nipple shields. European, made from ivory, silver and glass, 18th-19th century.

Model of a pregnant woman for use during anatomy education. European, made from ivory, 17th century.

Bamboo and ivory box. Engimono, from Japan.

A child's amulet. From the Sioux people of the Northern Plains, USA, 1880-1920.

A bleeding bowl, England, 1770-1777.

Forceps for use during childbirth. From Belgian, 1726.

A child's amulet. From the Sioux people of the Northern Plains, USA, 1880-1920.

A child's amulet. From the Sioux people of the Northern Plains, USA, 1880-1920.

Ivory figurines showing sexual foreplay. From China, 19th century.

Ivory figurines showing sexual foreplay. From China, 19th century.

An ivory penis for use as an aid during sex. French, 1701-1800.

Chastity belt. European, made from velvet and iron, 19th century.

Model of a pregnant woman for use during anatomy education. Italian, made from ivory, 17th century.

Feeding bottle. Japanese, made from porcelain, 1800.

Castle of Edgehill where the Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War.

Castle of Edgehill where the Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War.

Castle of Edgehill where the Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War.

Castle of Edgehill where the Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War.

Countryside of Edgehill where the Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War.

Countryside of Edgehill where the Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War.

Bede (672 - 735 AD), Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede was an English monk

Italian Allied propaganda against the Germans from WWII. Text translates to 'Germans out!'.

Propaganda poster showing Hitler and a Nazi soldier attempting to fix the broken and patched Nazi Germany fighting force. From WWII.

Oath of the Horatii' by Jacques-Louis David (otherwise known as Le Serment des Horaces), 1784. A huge success with both the public and critics, it is one of the best known Neoclassical style paintings.

The Battle of Tetouan' by Mariano Fortuny (1838-1874), 1863. Oil on canvas.

The Death of Socrates' by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), 1787. Oil on canvas.

Young Man with Bow and large Quiver and his Companion with a Shield' (also known as Telemachus and Mentor) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750. Oil on canvas.

The Turkish Bath' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), 1863. Painted in a highly erotic style, it shows a group of women in the bath of a harem. Painted canvas on wood.

Diana and her Companions' by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), 1656. Oil on canvas.