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  • A man lifting weights exposes himself as his trousers fall down in front of a crowd. Colour process print after Taylor, ca. 1984.
  • A man lifting weights exposes himself as his trousers fall down in front of a crowd. Colour process print after Taylor, ca. 1984.
  • Show Bill, 'Beware of your children' 'The Superhuman Boy'. Demonstrated at the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch by a man called Professor Anderson, a boy of seven able to cause a grown man to fall flat.
  • The head and a shoulders of a man who wears his hair short except for a mass of curls which fall over his left ear. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • The head and a shoulders of a man who wears his hair short except for a mass of curls which fall over his left ear. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • A drowning man and his horse in the sea: the drowning man holds on to the tailcoat of another rider until it tears and forces him to fall back into the water. Etching with engraving by W. Floyd after T. Allom.
  • Two women are walking out of a kitchen and a man is shouting after them as some things fall from the tray one of them is carrying. Wood engraving by H. Kaeseberg after A. Menzel.
  • A man clings to a tree, struggling not to fall into a cauldron containing a monster while a bear and snakes look on; rats gnaw at the trunk of the tree; representing the threat and eventual victory of Death. Engraving by M. Mouzyn, 1656 (?), after A.P. van de Venne.
  • A first-aider tends to a man bleeding profusely after a fall off a broken ladder; a message about HIV/AIDS and accidents in the workplace; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by Amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • A condom with a bare-chested man who puts his hands in his jean pockets and the message: "Do you find him cute. Tell that to his 'ex' also ... summer is the time to fall in love and talk of condoms ..."; advertisement for the SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • A man is falling down the stairs of the pulpit watched by the congregation in the church, as he falls he pulls the robe of the priest. Etching after George Cruikshank.
  • A woman descending the stairs of a steep staircase in the gloom falls into the arms of a man who is ascending. Coloured lithograph, 1844.
  • A man in a loin cloth and belt carries a rifle in his right hand at hip height, holds it in front of him as he falls backwards on to the ground, his left hand holding his head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.
  • Body of man who met with a severe accident by falling from a train platform
  • A man falling from the upper storey of a building into a courtyard. Oil painting by an Italian painter.
  • A man falling from the upper storey of a building into a courtyard. Oil painting by an Italian painter.
  • A man falling from the upper storey of a building into a courtyard. Oil painting by an Italian painter.
  • A man lies drunk in his chair, his last glass of drink fallen from his hand. Lithograph by Lamy, c. 1860, after Villain.
  • A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?.
  • A man has fallen through ice into a river: he is clutching at the leg of his companion in an attempt to rescue himself. Etching.
  • The death of Ananias: an elderly bearded man falling to the ground before a large crowd of onlookers. Pen and ink drawing attributed to F. Montelatici (Cecco Bravo).
  • Groups of men sitting at tables smoking and having a merry time: one man has fallen to the floor and spilled his tankard of ale. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.
  • A group of men are sitting around a table, playing cards and smoking, there are empty bottles lying around on the floor and one man has fallen asleep. Etching by S.J. Ferries after Wm. P. Frith.
  • A man and a woman embrace and drink wine in the corner of a room, as a girl attempts to rouse the boy who has fallen asleep against her knee watched by two older women standing over them. Mezzotint by N. Verkolje after himself.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in German: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in French: 'AIDS is not dying once; we die of indifference every day'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • The knowledge of good and evil, and the consequences of that knowledge, with Adam and Eve and the serpent. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.
  • The knowledge of good and evil, and the consequences of that knowledge, with Adam and Eve and the serpent. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.