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  • A strongman (Emile de Suyck?) invites a woman to volunteer to help him in his final feat. Process print, 1906 (?).
  • A man upside down kisses a woman, with a condom; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by Santé Services sociaux Québec. Colour lithograph.
  • Children going to a clinic for a health check to prevent the advance of disease. Colour lithograph by Alice Dick Dumas, ca. 1917.
  • Toddlers and children queuing up to see the doctor. Process print after A. Dick Dumas, ca. 1920.
  • A French supporter of the Paris Commune prefers to throw an incendiary bomb to advance equality, while a British workman prefers to smoke his pipe in the interests of liberty. Wood engraving by J. Swain, ca. 1871, after Sir J. Tenniel.
  • An information leaflet printed on four sides featuring a man in a denim shirt on the front and inner pages with a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS; an advertisement by Luc Bils of the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community) with the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph by Forum, ca. 1988.
  • An information leaflet printed on four sides featuring a man in a denim shirt on the front and inner pages with a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS; an advertisement by Luc Bils of the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community) with the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Colour lithograph by Forum, ca. 1988.
  • A large man carrying a tankard and a wooden half-barrel is singing, representing Jean Ramponneau and his drinking establishment in Paris, Engraving, 1760.
  • An artist before a crowd painting a shop sign. Lithograph by F. Le Villain, 1822, after H. Bellangé.
  • A robber holding a cudgel is leaning against a wall waiting to attack and rob a man who is walking along a path under a full moon. Colour lithograph.
  • A baby in a carrier made from canvas sailor's trousers, being carried along the street by its parents in Southend-on-Sea, England. Photograph by Cyril Norwood, 1922.
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoyin exercises, Brocade of the Tiger, 7
  • Lister, Axilla dressing..., Cheyne, Antiseptic Surgery.
  • Paul and Virginie are found by their slave Domingue and their dog Fidele when they are lost in the forests of Mauritius. Engraving.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving.
  • Advert for the Portuguese League Against AIDS
  • Woking Convict Invalid Prison: a woman prisoner in solitary confinement. Process print after P. Renouard, 1889.
  • A girl with long hair, in distress. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A girl with long hair, in distress. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.
  • Politicians in the smoking room of the House of Commons; representing the second reading on 24 October of the New Bill for the Representantion of the People of the United Kingdom? Chromolithograph by G. Pipeshank, 1884.
  • A series of figures within multi-coloured boxes
  • A man with AIDS sits huddled on some steps
  • An anxious woman sitting on a bench in a wood by a stream. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • An anxious woman sitting on a bench in a wood by a stream. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • Two children making a sandcastle by the sea out of which looms a sinister looking man with a camera around his neck, a yellow hat who brandishes green dollar notes; a yellow-eyed hairy beast lurks behind him; with Sinhalese lettering; a warning about child sex tourism and AIDS prevention issued by Peace (Protecting Environment and children Everywhere). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Saint Cecilia: her martyrdom. Engraving by C.M.F. Dien, 1827, after Giulio Romano.
  • Three British wild flowers, including hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) and woad (Isatis tinctoria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • God creates man and woman. Line engraving by E. Charpy after J. Sadeler.
  • The Virgin Mary, immaculately conceived, descends from heaven, a sickle moon beneath her feet. Engraving by F-E-A. Bridoux, 1845, after B.E. Murillo, ca. 1650.