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  • Pope John Paul II hugging a child against a backdrop of christ holding out his hands to people below him; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • AIDS - plague from God : "I shall not allow a cure" ... message of Our Lady and Our Lord to Veronica Lueken / Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): people queuing in Vienna Cathedral to kiss the image of the Virgin. Etching by G.R. Lewis, 1822.
  • AIDS - plague from God : "I shall not allow a cure" ... message of Our Lady and Our Lord to Veronica Lueken / Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Andrew the Apostle, Saint Titian of Oderzo, the painter Titian. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.
  • First Vatican Council, 1869-1870: Pope Pius IX leading his cardinals across a plank of wood placed on the ice, watched by Mr Punch. Wood engraving by Swain after J. Tenniel, 1869.
  • William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1810.
  • Cathedral Church of Osnabrück: allegory and calendar. Engraving by J. & J. Klauber, ca. 1764,  after J.W. Baumgartner, and letterpress, ca 1799.
  • Cathedral Church of Osnabrück: allegory and calendar. Engraving by J. & J. Klauber, ca. 1764,  after J.W. Baumgartner, and letterpress, ca 1799.
  • Saint Francis of Sales conversing with the Duke of Lesdiguières. Etching by C.E. Elmerich after A.C.F. Gamen-Dupasquier, 1842.
  • Napoleon standing next to Pope Pius VII, seated, his right foot resting on a cushion. Engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1848, after D. Wilkie, 1836.
  • A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
  • A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.
  • A dove stands on crossed keys holding in its wings a chart showing the good, bad or indifferent effects of each sign of the zodiac on different human activities. Engraving by P. Miotte, 16--.
  • A procession to St. Mary's Church, Oxford by the convocations of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; and the burning of the bones of Protestant theologians in Cambridge. Line engraving by Myers.
  • Daniel O'Connell and the devil represented as the Siamese twins joined at the chest; representing alleged atrocities by Roman Catholics. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • A black background with an upside down red rose and a lit candle with a reminder to call for compassion to save lives against AIDS; an advertisement by the National AIDS/STD Prevention and Control Program, Department of Health, Philippines. Colour lithograph by Charlie Agatep Associates Co. Ltd., ca. 1995.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
  • Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological faculties, and diagrams of heads showing criminal and moral propensities. Wood engraving, c. 1850, after F. Bridges and O.S. Fowler.
  • The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.
  • Mary Keighley, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
  • Mary Keighley, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
  • A Protestant man and woman interrupted while reading the forbidden Bible. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after K. Ooms.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph after A. Dauzats, 1831.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph after A. Dauzats, 1831.
  • The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.
  • Thomas Dromgoole speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Board in Dublin; represented as Doctor Drum "letting the cat out of the bag". Coloured etching, 1813.
  • An ancient cistern near Lentini, Val di Noto, Sicily. Coloured aquatint after L. Mayer, 1812.