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Personal Protective Equipment

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Survival and emergency equipment

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Images from the collections

Images about Personal Protective Equipment

14 images from works
  • A worker in construction or in heavy manufacturing industry looking favourably at items of protective clothing; advertising the use of protective clothing in heavy industry. Colour lithograph, 1982.
  • A man in protective clothing pouring a toxic substance: the importance of protective clothing in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph for the World Health Organisation, 2000.
  • The importance of protective clothing when handling toxic substances in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph for the World Health Organisation, 2000.
  • A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.
  • Women and men being fitted with the clothes for work in salt mines, other people are watching from the edge of the room. Mixed method print after P. Herwegen after Hans Brunner.
  • A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.
  • An American astronaut walking on the moon with the message in French 'Great voyages are never done without protective clothing/suits. The condom - remove it safely'; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Infor SIDA and the Ministere de la Communaute Français. Colour lithograph by Pierre Brandenbourger, ca. 1996.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.

Works from the collections

69 works

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    Ticket to ride.

    Harrison, Kevin | Date: 22 Jun 2020 | Reference: 3366391i.33
    Part of: Covid-19 collage series.
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    Oven ready.

    Harrison, Kevin | Date: 28 Jun 2020 | Reference: 3366391i.39
    Part of: Covid-19 collage series.
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    I can't breathe.

    Harrison, Kevin | Date: 15 Jun 2020 | Reference: 3366391i.81
    Part of: Covid-19 collage series.
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    An American astronaut walking on the moon with the message in French 'Great voyages are never done without protective clothing/suits. The condom - remove it safely'; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Infor SIDA and the Ministere de la Communaute Français. Colour lithograph by Pierre Brandenbourger, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 675554i
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    Back to work.

    Harrison, Kevin | Date: 25 Jun 2020 | Reference: 3366391i.89
    Part of: Covid-19 collage series.
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Plague
Ethiopia
Physicians
Health Education
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023
Epidemics
COVID-19
Industrial safety
Masks
Black lives matter movement in art

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