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  • The agony of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane; an angel descends to strengthen him while cherubs hover with the instruments of the Passion. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • Sadness, hand drawn illustration
  • A frail and wounded soldier being saved from death by the care of his young wife. Etching by B. Roger after L. Sicard.
  • An American man in despair at the thought of infecting his wife and child with a sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph, ca. 1944.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1745, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • World War One: a young soldier lies dying in a woman's arms on a deserted battlefield. Colour halftone, c. 1915, after D. Tennant.
  • Jeremiah sits amidst the rubble of Jerusalem, after its siege and destruction in 586 B.C. Lithograph by B. Weiss after E.J.F. Bendemann.
  • A frail and wounded soldier being saved from death by the care of his young wife. Etching by B. Roger after L. Sicard.
  • Four strips of numbered positive photos of four different women with the words: "Frauen Positiv Power'; a message about HIV positive women by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Renate Altermath and Augenblitz.
  • Sadness, hand drawn illustration
  • Deflated, artwork of the brain
  • A woman in despair standing by a weeping willow under a stormy sky. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Purple eyes weeping with a red mouth downturned. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A female figure representing hope. Drawing, c. 1794, after A. Kauffman.
  • A woman in green falling headlong in purple and cerise lines. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A drunken man returns home to his despairing wife and children. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A face expressing hatred and jealousy (left) and a face expressing despair (right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
  • Deflated Idea, artwork of the brain
  • The pain of it all, emotional cancer journey, artwork
  • Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden by a sword-bearing angel. Lithograph by N. Consoni after Raphael.
  • The healing touch, emotional cancer journey, artwork
  • The killing of the Egyptian firstborn by God. Coloured mezzotint by J. Martin, 1836, after himself.
  • A woman in despair standing by a weeping willow under a stormy sky. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Purple eyes weeping with a red mouth downturned. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.