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  • Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
  • The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, 'Fear. Disease and death. We shun them because we are alive. We displace it, because we are afraid. Meet the fear. Through confrontation'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.
  • A horse surrounded by three roses, a marigold, a daffodil and a butterfly. Engraving by P. Williamson, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A butterfly wearing a condom on its main body with a caterpillar nearby; an illustration by Edith Hirsch representing an advertisement for an auction exhibition of pictures on the theme of AIDS to benefit the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe at the Zentrale der Wiener Rettung, Vienna between 29 November to 12 December 1988 in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Colour lithograph.
  • Calamint plant (Calamintha species) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Ethnine Piriex : green veined white.
  • A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
  • A young woman flying in the air with a butterfly on her head, surrounded by three crouching figures by her feet. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A lily (Lilium album): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Propaderm-L rectal ointment and suppositories : comma.
  • When pollen's on the wing... : Rynacrom : disodium cromoglycate for hay fever.
  • Three daffodils, including the wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus): flowering stems with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Triptafen-DA combined antidepressant and tranquilliser : white admiral.
  • Piriton a potent antihistamine with a wide safety margin and minimal sedative effects : peacock.
  • Choledyl : small heath, small meadow brown.
  • Triptafen-DA combined antidepressant and tranquilliser amitriptyline hydrochloride and perphenazine : meadow brown.
  • When pollen's on the wing... : Rynacrom : disodium cromoglycate for hay fever.
  • Krishna steering a peacock-headed boat carrying seven maidens and an old lady. Transfer lithograph.
  • Capriton for the relief of symptoms of the common cold : small white.
  • Advertisement for 'St Jacobs oil'. Process print, 1890.
  • Three daffodils (Narcissus species): flowering stems with a butterfly and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Ethnine Piriex : green veined white.
  • Piriton a potent antihistamine with a wide safety margin and minimal sedative effects : speckled wood ; wall ; ringlet.
  • Choledyl : large copper.
  • Fentazin : mazarine blue.
  • A large butterfly. Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Dequadin paint : small pearl bordered fritillary.
  • The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, ''Help. Disease and death. They are part of life. People with AIDS are fellow human beings. We help them by making them accept. Through encounters and integration"; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.
  • Fentazin : Camberwell beauty.
  • Piriton a potent antihistamine with a wide safety margin and minimal sedative effects : dark green fritillary.