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  • Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Etching by W. Unger after Titian.
  • Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by P. Anderloni after Titian.
  • Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by W. Bromley after P.P. Rubens.
  • Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by R. Pranker, 176-, after J. (?) Houbraken.
  • Christ in the temple with the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by Diana Scultori after Giulio Romano.
  • Example of a Roman military punishment for Adultery, where the feet of the soldier were tied to two branches of trees bent down, which being suddenly let free, tore the offender apart.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
  • The third Duke of Grafton divorcing his first wife on the grounds of her adultery compared with Julius Caesar repudiating his wife. Etching.
  • Trial of a Chinese woman charged with adultery: the trial before elders is shown taking place in an ancestral hall. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Trial of a Chinese woman charged with adultery: the trial before elders is shown taking place in an ancestral hall. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Ezzelin sitting next to the body of his wife Meduna after killing her for alleged adultery. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith after H. Fuseli, 1781.
  • A mandarin falls back fainting onto a settee, attended by three ladies and a man all in Chinese dress; representing the King's anguish at the bill (which condemned the Queen's adultery and reduced her rights) being thrown out. Coloured etching, 1820.
  • Queen Gunhilda, consort of King Henry III of Germany, receives from her page the severed head of the man who had accused her of adultery, after he had been defeated by the page in combat, but Gunhilda renounces her victory. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet after A. Casali.
  • A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.
  • A married woman having an affair, talking on the telephone to her lover; representing the risk of contracting AIDS through infidelity. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A wife sending her husband away on holiday in order to pursue an affair with a "nerve specialist" who has got the husband out of the way by recommending a change of scene for him. Colour process print, c. 1920.
  • Joseph flees from Potiphar's wife as she attempts to seduce him. Lithograph by Franz Hanfstaengl after Carlo Cignani.
  • Joseph being seduced by Potiphar's wife. Engraving by J. Frey after C. Cignani.
  • A doctor tells a farm labourer that he has never touched his wife. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Joseph being seduced by Potiphar's wife. Engraving by J. Frey after C. Cignani.
  • Zaleucus having one of his eyes removed for one of his son's eyes, with six lines of verse by A. Montanus below. Line engraving by H. Quellinus after A. Quellinus.
  • The Tarakeshwar murder: Elokeshi offers a betel-leaf to the seated Mahant. Watercolour drawing.
  • A black woman with her arms around a black man; a representation of cheating partners in an advertisement about the risk of AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1994.
  • Potiphar's wife tumbles on her bed with a terrified Joseph. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter after R. Cosway, 1802.
  • A man leans on the shoulder of his partner while looking back at another woman with the message: "Absence of trust is the end of safety. AIDS is not like getting a cold ... Do not give AIDS a chance". Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A physician called out of bed by a hoax night call. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson, 18--.
  • Four types of physician using their qualifications to take advantage of their women patients or of the public. Coloured lithographs, ca. 1852.
  • Four types of physician using their qualifications to take advantage of their women patients or of the public. Coloured lithographs, ca. 1852.