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  • The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
  • A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.
  • A Turkish oracle; the torture wheel of Pope Pius VI. Engraving.
  • The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bisexuality; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • A shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with spots resembling those of a fish, and (below) a fish. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Exeat signs of the Ding army. Four carved and painted signs.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (hound's tongue) with leaves resembling the tongue of a dog, and (below) a dog's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • Two circular charts showing the configuration of the stars with the Hebrew alphabet. Engraving.
  • A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
  • White male and female symbols on red arranged as if the right side of a clock with the male symbol as the hands; with a message in Portuguese about how AIDS is transmitted through [unprotected] sexual contact; an advertisement by the Comissào Nacional Luta Contra la SIDA, Ministério de Saúde. Colour lithograph by Latina, ca. 1995.
  • Two personified male and female symbols, the male wearing a condom with a rope bearing the label 'de sexo seguro'; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas and Centro Nacional de Educacion para la salud Ministerio de Salud Publica, Cuba. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with roots resembling a crayfish, and (below) a crayfish. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • A wizard casting spells from his magic circle by the light of his cauldron surrounded by creatures. Engraving by J. Wood, 1763, after J. Collins..
  • A shaman banging a drum and dancing to invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.
  • Male and female symbols engaged in a variety of unsafe and safe activities; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Colour lithograph, 1987.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the human womb, and (below) a foetus in the womb. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • A Chinese physician sitting on a throne (?) surrounded by fruits, flowers and insects. Engraving.
  • The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bi-sexuality; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • The word 'SIDA' linked within a chain of male and female symbols representing an AIDS prevention advertisement by Coprecos, Peru. Colour lithograph by Paco San Martin, ca. 1995.
  • The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bi-sexuality; with running figure of Cupid and the words AIDS, SIDA, HIV within the condom; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Exeat signs of the Ding army. Four carved and painted signs.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a fruit (pomegranate) resembling the human jaw, and (below) a jaw-bone and teeth. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with flowers resembling the human eye, and (below) a pair of eyes. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.