Woman with Child by Tina Modotti, c. 1930

Back of Hand & Shrivelled Apple. To illustrate the origin of certain mountain ranges by shrinkage of the globe, James Nasmyth, c. 1870

Gloves worn by sightless deaf people that allow them to communicate. Talking gloves for the deaf and blind; their value to men injured in the present war. 1917.

Talking gloves for the deaf and blind, 1917 - Postcard

Italian Hand Gestures, The Evil Eye - 1895

Italian Hand Gestures, The Evil Eye, 1895 - Postcard

Hands of Marionette Player by Tina Modotti - 1929

Poster for a Concert by Nina Simone and The Vogues - November 1968

The Hand by Jindřich Štyrský - 1940

Study of a Hand with a Needle Between Thumb and Index Finger by Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, after Jeremias Gottlob Rugendas - c.1830-1845

Venus and Love (detail) by Jacob de Gheyn (II) - 1605-1610

Woman with Two Fingers on her Lips by Mathieu Lauweriks - 1895

Hand and Fingers Compendium of Demonology and Magic, 1775

Hand from the Compendium of Demonology and Magic -1775

The Art of Talking with the Fingers - date unknown

Mano Poderosa (The All-Powerful Hand), or Las Cinco Personas (The Five Persons)

Sculptor from 'Un Autre Monde' by JJ Grandville - 1844