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A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.

Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

A naked man is held up by another; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.

Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.

A woman and a man sit on a bed staring at a condom as if it floats magically mid-air; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by R. Warzecha, M. Jahreiss and D. Pusch.

Three lecherous men gather round a pretty street seller, admiring her rather than her wares. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E. Pigal.

Susanna and the elders. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman junior after Cornelis Schut.

"Isabel": a woman outside her house in the country holding a letter from her departed lover. Woodcut and letterpress, ca. 1800.

Susanna and the elders: she decides to follow her conscience. Etching by C. Schut, 16--.

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Susanna and the elders. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman junior after Cornelis Schut.

"Isabel": a woman outside her house in the country holding a letter from her departed lover. Woodcut and letterpress, ca. 1800.

Susanna and the elders: she decides to follow her conscience. Etching by C. Schut, 16--.

A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.

A naked man is held up by another; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.