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  • Dorsal view of zebrafish brain (4 day-post fertilization)
  • A hairy green male stamen bending towards the heart of a red flower poised for fertilization representing 'Love Question No 144', a message about the risks and torment of not having a condom; one of a series of safe sex AIDS prevention advertisements by Folkhälsoinstitutet, RFSU and RFSL. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • Fertility flower
  • Illustration of relief showing fertility Goddess
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Ancient Canaanite Teraphim. Figurines of fertility goddess.
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Min, Egyptian god of fertility, wall relief
  • Min, Egyptian god of fertility, wall relief
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Desert and fertile land watered by the Nile
  • Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of square plaques, decorated.
  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • A clubmoss (Lycopodium selago): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • God hangs over the world, gathering the waters and creating fertile earth. Line engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
  • The third day of Creation: God creates the fertile earth. Line engraving by E. van den Bosche after M. de Vos.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show the top of the group.
  • A statue of Priapus, the god of natural reproduction with baskets and swags of fruit as symbols of male fertility and the earth's fecundity. Engraving by J. Lamsvelt.
  • Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A woman patient at a spa is told by her doctor that the treatment for her fertility might be helped by the presence of a 'diverting friend' - i.e. him. Lithograph by M. Stephane, c. 1896.