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  • The Lichtenstein Palace and gardens, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: with the Spanish Hospital and Notre Dame de la Mercy Church in the background. Coloured line engraving.
  • Frankfurt am Main: the town hall (Rathaus, Römer) with the shield of the city, the railway and the river Main. Etching by B. Mannfeld with letterpress, 1901.
  • Centenary of Aids-Hilfe Frankfurt e.V.: workshops, conference and an evening reading. Lithograph, 1995.
  • Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Line engraving, 1645, after T. de Bry.
  • Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Line engraving, 1645, after T. de Bry.
  • Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Line engraving, 1645, after T. de Bry.
  • Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Line engraving, 1645, after T. de Bry.
  • Symbols of death and mourning to mark World AIDS Day 1997. Colour lithograph, 1997.
  • Fame blows her trumpet: below, a man and his dog ride on a sleigh drawn by giant lobsters or crayfish. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1579.
  • An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A sick old woman, sitting supported by pillows as a skeleton pounces aiming his spear at her eyes. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A sumptuously dressed lady gestures towards a mid-air battle between winged fools; small injured figures fall from a bird-house like edifice. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A hunch-backed old man supported by a crutch with a whinnying horse behind. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A woman striking a pose in masque costume, with a stork or crane. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1580.
  • Christ healing a man of leprosy. Woodcut, 1571, after Jost Amman.
  • Christ healing a man of leprosy. Woodcut, 1571, after Jost Amman.
  • A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A lute-maker testing one of the lutes in his workshop: other musical instruments are hanging on the walls, and there are tools on and around the workbench. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.
  • Three men playing wind and string instruments. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.
  • A craftsman making combs. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A wagoner making wheels, axles and other parts for carriages and wagons. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A man cutting gems using a treadle at his bench before a large window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • An old man trying on spectacles at a street vendor's optical shop. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches. Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.
  • A maker of handbags at work in his workshop: a man and a woman pass the window, and the woman asks the man to buy her a bag held up by a salesman. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A potter making clay pots on a wheel. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A crossbow maker (bowyer) is working at his workbench, with two finished crossbows and some bolts hanging in the window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A brewer pouring beer into a barrel; behind, the operations of brewing. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A parchment-maker smoothing an animal hide on a stretcher. Woodcut by J. Amman..
  • A sculptor who carves statues from wood, stone and crystal, in his workshop. Woodcut by J. Amman.