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  • Seventeen different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.
  • A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; one of a series of anti-AIDS posters produced by Artis entitled 'Imágenes contra el SIDA' [Images against AIDS]. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes. Drawing by P. Chasselat, 1799-1800.
  • A dart board with condoms and the numbers 0 to 2 on the outer ring and syringes and numbers 1 to 12 on the inner ring; the centre bears two figures in suits (one white, the other black) pointing at each other on the upper section and the emaciated bodies of a black and a white AIDS victim on the lower section; an advertisement for an exhibition of images about the fight against AIDS by Artis. Colour lithograph by Chéri Samba,1990.
  • A dart board on which a white man and and an African blame each other for AIDS. Colour silk screen print, 1993, after Chéri Samba, 1990.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by J. Boulanger after Raphael.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • Diane de Poitiers, in her bed-chamber in the Château de Chenonceau, having her hair dressed by a female assistant; another woman stands to the left; a small child and a dog are in the foreground. Lithograph by L. Haghe, 1841, after W.J. Müller.
  • Diane de Poitiers, in her bed-chamber in the Château de Chenonceau, having her hair dressed by a female assistant; another woman stands to the left; a small child and a dog are in the foreground. Lithograph by L. Haghe, 1841, after W.J. Müller.
  • A pack of hounds attacking and running after wild boar. Etching by F. Joullain, 1734 after A. F. Desportes after F. Snyders.
  • Ninon de Lenclos. Colour stipple engraving by P. Augrand after J. Petitot.
  • A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
  • Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
  • A group of vaccinators leading a small-pocked woman form a procession past a university, with Death waving his scythe behind them; the members of the university doze in the foreground; attributing the decline of Germany in 19th century to vaccination and syphilis. Lithograph after C.G.G. Nittinger, 1856.
  • Two women dance the salterello as another plays the tambourine. Lithograph after Mlle. Lescot, 1818.
  • Ninon de Lenclos. Stipple engraving by P. Augrand after J. Petitot.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Philippe Pinel. Lithograph by Ducarme, 1827, after A. Maurin.
  • Philippe Pinel. Lithograph by Ducarme, 1827, after A. Maurin.
  • K. Scott-Barrie in character as "The entertainer". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • K. Scott-Barrie in character as "The entertainer". Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Life of Frances Power Cobbe by Herself; 1894. Frontispiece