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  • Hand of M.H. G[lyn?]: radiograph. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, ca. 1896.
  • The hand of Sarah Nelmes with three cowpox pustules. Coloured etching by W. Cuff and W. Skelton after himself.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • The word '¡Acuerdate!' ("Remember!") in the palm of an opened hand; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Fernando Gutiérrez and Salvador Fresneda, ca. 1994.
  • A hand holds a playing card bearing a hand, the number '3' and 'La Mano'; representing the idea that AIDS is not spread by shaking hands, an advertisement by Conasida. Colour lithograph by Carlos Gayou, ca. 1996.
  • A hand rises and falls. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two hands shield the genital area of a woman with text about the fight against AIDS in Sweden below in Swedish. Lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • Textiles: a loom with disembodied hands weaving, the design pinned to the top beam. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.
  • Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.
  • Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by W. Unger after Rembrandt, 1632.
  • Two arms entwined and bending over to the left, one painted silver, the other gold with the words 'love without fear' in English and partly showing in Swedish and Russian; advertisement for a free handbook about HIV and AIDS by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • The dream of Saint John Damascene: the Virgin attaches his severed right hand. Drawing, 16--.
  • A hand passes a pencil to the other hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • A postcard illustrating a young couple surrounded by a variety of good luck charms. Process print.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with roots resembling the human hand, and (below) a hand. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Bones of the foot, forearm, and hand. Crayon manner print by G. Smith, 18th century.
  • A surgeon consulting an older surgeon before bleeding an man's hand, he is aided by an assistant and a woman. Engraving, 1586.
  • On the application of suitable mechamism to a case of amputation of both hands / by F. Gustav Ernst.
  • Rope-making, showing weights and different ways of winding. Engraving by Prevost.
  • Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Photograph after Rembrandt, 1632.
  • Hands showing the alphabet of sign language. Wood engraving.
  • Hands in various gestures, including prayer and benediction. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Two pairs of hands demonstrating shiatsu massage for those with HIV by Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS counselling for HIV positive men in Berlin. Photocopy, 1995.
  • Cross-sections of hands and fingers and amputations of fingers. Coloured lithograph by M. Hanhart after C. Heath after J.B. Léveillé.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, tracing the design (top), pushing down the weft (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • The marriage of Mary and Joseph. Engraving by H. Wierix.
  • Hands showing the French sign language alphabet. Wood engraving.