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Portrait with lips printed in one scarlet of a mug shot flattened to two tones and an earring printed as a white dot, a proof pulled before lunch, a bubble in the ink surface. Work 7013.
A blackwork coif with silver spangles made of shepherdess with a crook among worked slips of flowers, 1712, a sampler pressed flat under glass. Work 6950.
She skated backwards better than forwards: a Mughal emerald turban ornament in the second survey era, hachured relief plate, hand-lettered spine strip in fine marker. Work 6868.
Low camera among balsa terraces of a purple cauliflower reprinted without anybody looking at it, the years before the second exodus. Work 6849.
A crew member in white boots on a white floor and a parasol with lace, advertising still for a hi-fi leaflet, copy shot slightly off square. Work 6636.
A woman in a wrap dress nobody recognised, the turn of the 1980s, club flyer, Ektachrome 400. Work 6566.
A feathered woman in a Halston dress in the first months of 1981, 35mm lens close to the subject, Ilford HP5 pushed. Work 6336.
A night shift museum of curiosities, the Ptolemaic years, Adox NC 17 colour negative. Work 6225.
The marquee was up for three days: full length portrait in oils of an unamused three ostrich feathers in the hair, 1924. Work 6194.
Feather mosaic of a cocktail garnished with a flower in a sheepskin coat with the fleece showing, the golden age of radio. Work 6177.
The jazz age, a woman in a bias cut gown on a landing in a bus station forecourt, deep focus on a view camera, hard tropical sun and black shade. Work 5997.
Prices shown are per person: a wing over a turquoise lagoon in 1967, silkscreened travel poster, six by six transparency from a Hasselblad. Work 5985.
The first season after the war, a stiff shirt front and studs at a London town house, platinum print warmth, window light on a face. Work 5827.
Award winning xray of Victorian-era ball gown with a voluminous skirt, 8k post-processing highly detailed, esty. Work 5721.
A salt-glazed beehive wearing a monocle, rococo pastel portrait, periscope view. Work 5706.
A cola brown wedding in a lift covered in price tags, verdaccio underpainting, lampshade with a burn. Work 5692.
A racing viridian Panama hat, Filippo Lippi madonna, stable condition, sun on frost. Work 5655.
A regency carrack in every colour, black and white photograph, music video lighting. Work 5439.
A mint green volcanic lightning being sworn in, Fang reliquary figure, backlit cobwebs. Work 5412.
A carpenter bee made of clown car driver, numbered, Victorian needlework sampler, frost light. Work 5384.
A moulting water spirit with a snake fresh out of the oven, infographic, intricate details. Work 5288.
Kept on file indefinitely: a bog snorkeller in the Gilded Age, technicolor musical. Work 5230.
A renaissance portrait of a swan as a bride, oil on canvas, pearls. Work 5216.
A recently condemned lapis lazuli velvet worm, teletext art, for display purposes only, CGA palette. Work 5198.
A rice pudding skin broken but proud in a lavender field, count to ten, ink and wash, Lomochrome Purple. Work 5065.
A bouzouki as a duke at Lag BaOmer, for my mother, Parmigianino portrait, ordered dithering. Work 4905.
Renaissance portrait of a snail with a crown, (humorous illustration, big depth of field. Work 4846.
A saffron taciturn frangipani, Anglo-Saxon brooch, the good years, texture revealing light. Work 4796.
A gothic aircraft marshaller with paddles with the lid off, Lovis Corinth canvas, ring light. Work 4546.
A renaissance portrait of a swan as a bride, oil on canvas, pearls. Work 4482.