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  • A runaway horse has upturned an apple cart and the rider is hanging on to the reins. Etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Two cultivars of apple (Malus pumila): a Bùrrell's Red' and Ròyal Codling'. Coloured engraving by J. & J. Parkin, 1834, after C. Harrison.
  • An apple with a green condom instead of a fruit; representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph after M. Kolvenbach and G. Meyer, 199-.
  • A young man seated under a tree, peeling an apple, with a dog; cottage in the background. Soft-ground etching by S. Jenner.
  • Four examples of single flowers: a deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower. Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A wine apple (Malus pumila cv.): entire and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching with aquatint by J. & J. Parkin, c. 1836, after C. Harrison.
  • An apple (Malus pumila cv.) and pear (Pyrus communis cv.). Coloured etching with aquatint by J. & J. Parkin, c. 1836, after C. Harrison.
  • A man hands a woman some pills: family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Apple Pie Publicity for Ministry of Health, Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • In the Garden of Eden, while the serpent curls around the tree of knowledge, Eve is about to taste the apple. Coloured etching, 17--.
  • Elephant apple plant (Limonia acidissima) with sectioned fruit, and two liver flukes (Fasciola species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1805, after J. Ihle.
  • The Virgin of Sorrows in the blossom of a flower, underneath an apple, a pear and the serpent. Coloured etching by Joh[ann] Martin Will.
  • Left, red upright strokes and diagonals around an apple; right, red diagonals, a saltire and a face in profile. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.
  • Rose apple (Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston): flowering branch with leaves and numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Four poisonous plants: monk's hood (Aconitum napellus), deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) and thorn-apple (Datura stramonium) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone, 1855.
  • A girl tries to take an apple from her brother as he takes the first bite of it. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter after T. Stothard.
  • Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer with a red apple and green serpent; representing sex as a source of transmission of AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997 (?).
  • Four figures showing pericarp and seeds in fruits of an apple and a milkweed plant (Asclepias syriaca). Coloured etching by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A toddler and his teddy bear in a high chair on which are placed a carrot and an apple; representing dental hygiene. Colour lithograph after Tllley, 1965.
  • Custard apple or Bullock's heart (Annona reticulata L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Custard apple or Sweetsop (Annona squamosa L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit, flowers and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • An apple that has been bitten into is tied up with a knotted rope to prevent further bites; representing precautions against AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1993.
  • An apple that has been bitten into is tied up with a knotted rope to prevent further bites; representing precautions against AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1993.
  • Rose apple (Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston): fruiting branch with leaves and numbered sections of fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Eve is offering an apple to Adam while the serpent watches through the branches of the Tree of Knowledge; representing the origin of AIDS. Colour lithograph after S. Staněk, 1994.
  • A woman is holding a child in her arms and her sister is standing on tiptoe trying to offer her an apple. Lithograph by Delpech after L. Boilly, ca. 1822.
  • A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • A bearded man in earrings and a nun's uniform holding an apple while tweaking the nipple of a naked man; a snake entwines the two figures; an advertisement for the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard. Lithograph.
  • A serpent spitting out a half-bitten apple bearing a map of the world representing a warning about the worldwide dangers of AIDS by The Municipal Corporation of San Pedro Sula. Colour lithograph by Roberto Ruiz, ca. 1997.
  • A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.
  • A red apple forming the tip of a penis with a quote from Albert Camus: 'La felicidad es generosa ... no vive de destrucción' [Happiness is ... generous destruction of lives] and the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Santiago Pol, 1994.