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  • An exploding star with a rainbow of coloured ribbons and the earth beyond with a quote from Bertrand Russell; an advertisement for the AIDS helpline by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • German Hospital, New York City; and floor plan for Park Cottage, East Sheen, Surrey. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1869, after C. Pfeiffer.
  • A dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and carries two women in rags (Poverty and Humility) while three women (Fragility, Patience and Servitude) accompany the cart; representing the attributes of human existence. Engraving by Cornelis Cort, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Top, a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia; centre, a coach on a street in Baltimore; bottom left, slaves waiting to be sold, Virginia; bottom right, a slave playing the flute. Wood engraving after E.C., 1856.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • A pink triangle against a black backdrop with the words 'Silence=Death' representing an advertisement for the Silence=Death Project used by permission by ACT-UP, The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power. Colour lithograph, 1987.
  • Muscles of the right side of the head and neck. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.
  • Muscles of the right side of the head and neck. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.