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  • Three women at a wash-basin, on either side stand attendants. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Three women at a wash-basin, on either side stand attendants. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Ralph Mellor in drag and a young actress stand back-to-back on stage. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
  • Ralph Mellor in drag and a young actress stand back-to-back on stage. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
  • A mother and daughter reviewing embroidery made by the daughter; a yarn-winder stands nearby. Engraving by F.B. Lépicié, 1740, after J.B.S. Chardin.
  • Shiva, encased by arrows lies on top of a platform underneath which stands Krishna and a group onlookers. Engraving with colour by an Indian artist, 1800s.
  • A young man (William Booth) stands before a table at which sit a magistrate and his clerk; a boy whispers something into the magistrate's ear. Engraving by J. Saunders after S. de Wilde.
  • A black woman stands by a cot with a mobile representing a mother whose baby has AIDS; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1993.
  • "In the light of modern science alcohol stands condemned as the greatest co-operating factor for the production of damaged lives." / Dr. Courtenay C. Weeks, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. ; issued by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.1.
  • A man tied to a burning stake is pulling at his chains while clerics hold their crucifixes towards him and soldiers in full armour stand around the fire. Engraving by P.S. van Gunst after O. Elliger.
  • A smiling couple stand before a flight of steps with the message in French: "Condoms. Why hesitate any longer?"; a safe sex advertisement for by the A.F.L.S. [Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA]. Colour lithograph.
  • A naked figure sits hugging a purple cushion on which a bird stands; within a line drawn heart edged with devilish creatures; an advertisement for the National Program for the Rights of the Child and Adolescent by the Ministerio de Cultura y Educación de la Nación. Colour lithograph by S (?) Kerm, ca. 1996.
  • Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, children of Bhaktapur, 1986. Three children stand in Durbar Square. The little boy has genu valgum (knock knees). In the mid-1980s, nearly half of all Nepalese children died before reaching the age of 5, and life expectancy at birth was 51 years for men and 50 years for women. Conditions associated with poor hygiene and sanitation, including gastrointestinal disorders, diarrhoea, and parasitic infestation, were common.
  • May we send you or your patient? a free sample of Callard's Gluten Dinner Rolls for starchless and sugarless diets / Callard & Co.
  • Two women tending to a man sick with AIDS surrounded by 4 men in a rural setting within a brown and mustard lined decorative border; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by S. Ghosh for Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • An Indian man reaches out to touch his young bride who wears a red sari that covers her face; a woman raising her arms in terror as flames envelop her and all her belongings, a man setting off to earn his fortune abroad with a blue sack over his shoulder and a woman (his wife?) staying at home stirring a pot; an AIDS prevention advertisement within a decorative border by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • A dentist in his surgery with patient at Camp Douglas. Pen drawing by C.W. Law, 1862.
  • Three seated monkeys: one hiding his eyes, one with his hands over his mouth, and the other hiding his genitals with another monkey scratching his head in bemusement below; with the message in French: 'We die. What do you do?'; an advertisement for an event on Saturday 27 November [in Geneva] to commemorate World AIDS Day featuring a rock concert entitled 'Rock against AIDS'; sponsored by Dialogan, Groupe SIDA Géneve, PVA Géneve and the AIDS Ministry. Colour lithograph.
  • British politicians as huntsmen arriving at a river representing the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 3 December 1887.
  • German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
  • Amateur actors, one in drag, perform a scene on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Amateur actors, one in drag, perform a scene on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Anchor : New Zealand superfine butter.
  • Anchor : New Zealand superfine butter.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • A foppish man looking at an advertisement for Sloan's Liniment. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • Coloured condoms on a chequered black and white background; representing an advertisement for safe sex by Verkerke C&L GmbH. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A soldier in drag modelling for "The Timbertown Follies" at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.