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Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.

Scarborough Museum and Cliff Bridge, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Engraving by C.J. Smith.

Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom.

Bovril : those who go down to the sea in ships have perhaps more need for Bovril than any other class of men / [Bovril Limited].

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

Singapore: evening view of the Johore River. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Harbour view of St. Vincent's rock taken from the hot wells, Bristol. Line engraving, 1776.

Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland.

The baths and mineral springs, Ems, West Germany. Line engraving by J. Willis after W. Tombleson.

The Baths, Gravesend, Kent: public beach. Line engraving by H. Adlard, 1828, after G. Shepherd.

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

A lake setting in which a man lies back in a boat wearing only boxer shorts; he holds up some underwear which he offers to his female companion with a smile; a pink condom lies on a white garment beside the man while two ducks swim beside the boat; German version of a series of safe sex 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

The interior of Anders Zorn's timber house, at Mora, with four people. Photograph by J. Grape, ca. 1910.

India: a bridge of boats over the Jumna River. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

People being rescued from a flood in a boat bearing messages about safe sex and condoms; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph by Tahley (?), 1995.

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The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

The interior of Anders Zorn's timber house, at Mora, with four people. Photograph by J. Grape, ca. 1910.

India: a bridge of boats over the Jumna River. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

People being rescued from a flood in a boat bearing messages about safe sex and condoms; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the STD/AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph by Tahley (?), 1995.