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  • Four decorative Maori figures within a red oval representing an advertisement for Whakapuakitanga, a support group for young gay or bisexual M¯aori men; advertisement by the NZ AIDS Foundation and Te Roopu Tautoko Trust. Colour lithograph by Paul Henckel [?], 1993.
  • A seated female figure with bound mouth holding a palette and a mahl stick and supporting an oval male portrait, with a second female figure handing a pair of dividers to a boy, with other boys drawing and supporting a blank sheet. Red chalk drawing.
  • The most appetising bread : Hovis, the national health builder / [Hovis Ltd.] Brown paper bag with string handles. An illustration of a loaf of Hovis wholemeal bread is printed in dark blue on one side and a slogan in a decorative oval border is on the reverse.
  • The most appetising bread : Hovis, the national health builder / [Hovis Ltd.] Brown paper bag with string handles. An illustration of a loaf of Hovis wholemeal bread is printed in dark blue on one side and a slogan in a decorative oval border is on the reverse.
  • A woman having her extremely high wig (which towers over her head in an oval form and is flanked by parallel horizontal curls) dressed with curling tongs by a French hair-dresser on a step-ladder; the woman's husband looks on through a small telescope. Engraving, c. 1771.
  • A woman having her extremely high wig (which towers over her head in an oval form and is flanked by parallel horizontal curls) dressed with curling tongs by a French hair-dresser on a step-ladder; the woman's husband looks on through a small telescope. Engraving, c. 1771.
  • 4 Pewter medicine spoons or measures. Medicine spoon or measure, probably pewter, with bowl at either end. Medicine spoon or child's feeding spoon, plated. Hallmark castle in shiled; EP; Co. P; S. Medicine spoon or measure, plted. Hall-mark: Maws's trademark; A; 16 in shield. Veterinary feeding spoon. Hallmark: ETM; fleur-de-lys; C in oval, NS.
  • C. N. Le Cat, "Concerning the foramen ovale", from Philosophical transactions, 1747
  • C. N. Le Cat, "Concerning the foramen ovale", from Philosophical transactions, 1747
  • A woman seated in a chamber having her exceptionally high wig (which towers above her head in an oval form, and is flanked by parallel horizontal curls) dressed by a French hair-dresser who stands on the top of a step-ladder; the woman's husband, a naval officer, is holding a sextant to his eye to ascertain the altitude of the adornment. Engraving, 1771.
  • The message 'AIDS has no cultural boundaries. Protect us!' in Arabic, Lingali, Turkish and French within an oval shape against a decorative background of varying sizes of stars connected by white lines; an advertising campaign under the Social Service d'Accueil des Etrangers et de Formation with the help of the Ministry of Health of the French Community of Belgium. Colour lithograph by Zakaria Bouazza and J-F Carlier, 1996.
  • The message 'AIDS has no cultural boundaries. Protect us!' in Arabic, Lingali, Turkish and French within an oval shape against a decorative background of varying sizes of stars connected by white lines; an advertising campaign under the Social Service d'Accueil des Etrangers et de Formation with the help of the Ministry of Health of the French Community of Belgium. Colour lithograph by Zakaria Bouazza and J-F Carlier, 1996.
  • Prostanthera ovalifolia R.Br. Lamiaceae Alpine anise bush, Oval leaf Mintbush, Purple mintbush. Woody shrub. Distribution: Australia. Minty flavoured leaves used in jams and jellies. Various essential oils are produced from commercially grown P. ovalifolia (cis-dihydroagarofuran, kessane, 1,8-cineole which is also known as eucalyptol, p-cymene,) and P. cuneata also contains eucalyptol. Concentrations of essential oils in the plants vary according to the clonal variety, growing conditions and time of year. Aboriginal peoples used Prostanthera leaves in medicinal ointments and washes, but one species, P. striatiflora, was used to poison waterholes to kill visiting emu (Hegarty, 2001). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Two human figures illustrating the reduction of dislocations of the foramen ovale and the dorsum ilii. Coloured pen drawing by G.E. Blenkins, 1831.
  • A red excrescence surrounded by red ovals overlaid by a red grid, with blue dots. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1970.
  • Fame, with a laurel wreath, hovering among clouds: beneath her are four portraits of poets in ovals. Engraving by R. Slann, 1799, after R. Smirke.
  • Spratt's "Ovals" : exact size : about 240 to the LB : carry a few of these dainty little biscuits for your pets / Spratt's Patent Ltd.
  • Spratt's "Ovals" : exact size : about 240 to the LB : carry a few of these dainty little biscuits for your pets / Spratt's Patent Ltd.
  • Fame, with a lamp, hovering among clouds over the earth: around her are seven portraits of philosophers in ovals. Engraving by T. Millow, 1804, after R. Smirke.
  • Margaret Duchess of Portland, William Duke of Portland, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in ovals, with emblematic and heraldic devices. Line engraving by G. Vertue 1739, after C.F. Zincke, 1738.
  • The words "Powern statt Mauern" in four ovals within four rectangles; advertising an AIDS congress in Leipzig, 1996. Colour lithograph by Wendt & Werner for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., 1996.
  • The words "Powern statt Mauern" in four ovals within four rectangles; advertising an AIDS congress in Leipzig, 1996. Colour lithograph by Wendt & Werner for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V., 1996.
  • A seated woman personifying history and a man representing time gesturing towards the socle of a pair of columns decorated with portrait ovals; above, Fame holds her trumpet. Engraving by C. Duflos le père, 1725, after J. Desmarets.
  • Chloroplast in a bean leaf, TEM
  • Healthy adult human brain viewed from above, MRI
  • Pollen grains, Agapanthus, SEM
  • Ginkgo berry
  • Crisped rice breakfast cereal, SEM
  • Arabidopsis thaliana plant cells containing chloroplasts, LM
  • Leishmania mexicana parasites in the promastigote stage, SEM