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  • Grown together twins Rosa and Josefa : two mothers and one son Frantz.
  • A father reprimanding his son, and a mother reprimanding her daughter. Coloured etching, 1801.
  • Arranged and approved : it took our mothers a long time to understand and accept our relationship, but now they feel they have each gained another son / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.
  • An HIV positive mother looking worried as her son wraps his arms around her neck and the same mother looking happy as her son is held by a woman AIDS-worker. Colour lithograph by Lauterbach/ Boek for Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
  • A black mother with her daughter and son with a message about how a mother tells her children about AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A father and mother greet their returning son with a crowd of people gathered outside the open door. Engraving by J. Heath after Gravelot.
  • A mother kneels between her two sons with a message in spanish; representing a single mother who takes precautions with men to protect both herself and her children against AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A mother smiles at her daughter with her husband and son in the background: advert for the male condom in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Femiplan, ca. 2000.
  • M. de Mélincourt proudly returns from the hunt with his son, who presents to his mother and his aunt the game he has shot, though they doubt his claim. Engraving.
  • A son hugs his mother with a message about how she came to terms with him being gay; advertisement by the AFAO [Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations] and Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre. Colour lithograph.
  • Jennie Reyes, mother of a son who died of AIDS with a warning in spanish about how children can be infected with the disease; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph.
  • A local doctor asking a mother what career she thinks her son will pursue, she insists he is going to be a butcher due to his love of animals and the time he spends at the slaughter-house. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1899.
  • Rizpah protecting the bodies of her murdered sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. Watercolour after J.M.W. Turner.
  • A father puts his arm around his son who reads a book while a mother holding a cup comforts her daughter; an AIDS prevention advertisement aimed at families for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. March 1994.
  • A father puts his arm around his son who reads a book while a mother holding a cup comforts her daughter; an AIDS prevention advertisement aimed at families for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. March 1994.
  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • The risen Christ appears to the Virgin Mary. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1773, after himself, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin; Christ awaits her in Heaven. Etching.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the sleeping Christ Child. Line engraving by R. Strange after G. Reni.
  • The risen Christ appears to the Virgin Mary. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1773, after himself, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Queen Charlotte, and George Prince of Wales as an infant seated on her lap. Mezzotint by R. Houston after R. Pile (Pyle) , ca. 1765.
  • The adoration of the magi. Etching by J. Swaine after R. Shipster after medieval bas-relief.
  • The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.
  • The adoration by the magi of Christ, shown as young and old. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1794, after J. Carter, after a bas-relief in Long Melford church, Suffolk.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; Mary faints in grief. Chiaroscuro woodcut by A. Andreani, 1585, after R. Motta da Reggio.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving after Annibale Carracci.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Engraving by Annibale Carracci, 1597, after himself.
  • Joseph reads from the Bible while the Virgin Mary breast feeds Jesus. Etching by S. della Bella.
  • The three holy women lament over the dead body of Christ. Coloured mezzotint by V. Green, 1800, after Maria Cosway, 1799.