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  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
  • A woman breast feeding two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.
  • The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.
  • A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.
  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J. W. Cook after B. Nebot, 1741.
  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STDs and AIDS (Hindi version); a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
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Works

  • view An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.
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    An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

    | Reference: 21836i
  • view A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.
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    A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: 1993 | Reference: 675456i
  • view A group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).
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    A group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 678839i
    Part of: Ouganda Ecole de Santé. Matérial pour le Contrôle du SIDA
  • view Der Stoffwechsel des Kindes von der Geburt bis zur Beendigung des Wachstums meist nach eigenen Versuchen dargestellt.
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    Der Stoffwechsel des Kindes von der Geburt bis zur Beendigung des Wachstums meist nach eigenen Versuchen dargestellt.

    Camerer, Wilhelm, 1842-1910. | Date: 1896
  • view People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
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    People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

    Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957. | Reference: 24007i
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