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The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.

A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.

A cartoon figure of a man reading a newspaper with the heading 'VIHPS Revue' outside a newspaper kiosk bearing further AIDS-related headlines; an advertisement in Basque by the Associació Ciutadana AntiSIDA de Catalunya. Colour lithograph by Azagra Pevuelta, ca. 1994.

The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.

A family gathers to hear the last will and testament of a deceased member with the old lady by the door looking startled. Engraving after D. Wilkie.

A young woman holds a basket of fruit while another dangles an orange for a baby in a crib to play with and a boy looks on. Engraving by S.S. Smith after C.L. Eastlake.

A black family representing the idea that love and faithfulness protects your family from AIDS; advertisement by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad & Tobago. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

A family demonstrating underclothes sold by "Docteur Rasurel". Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, 1911.

A Spanish family picking lice or fleas from each other's heads. Coloured etching, 1812.

Ellen Key : her life and her work / by Louise Nyström-Hamilton; authorized translation from the Swedish by A.E.B. Fries; with an introduction by Havelock Ellis.

A healthy family free of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

The Victor O'Shaughnessy award : in recognition of the contribution made by health professionals in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the UK : award to the value of £7500 ... inaugural year 1991 / Durex, London International Group plc.

A squalid family scene: domestic items lying around, the mother reading, the father doing nothing, and the child drinking out of the teapot. Mezzotint by J. Scott after S.J.E. Jones.

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Ellen Key : her life and her work / by Louise Nyström-Hamilton; authorized translation from the Swedish by A.E.B. Fries; with an introduction by Havelock Ellis.

A healthy family free of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

The Victor O'Shaughnessy award : in recognition of the contribution made by health professionals in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the UK : award to the value of £7500 ... inaugural year 1991 / Durex, London International Group plc.

A squalid family scene: domestic items lying around, the mother reading, the father doing nothing, and the child drinking out of the teapot. Mezzotint by J. Scott after S.J.E. Jones.