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  • Dr. Darwin.
  • A bibliographical, antiquarian, and picturesque tour in France and Germany / By the Rev. Tho. Frognall Dibdin.
  • An essay on electricity. Explaining the theory and practice of that useful science, and the mode of applying it to medical purposes : with an essay on magnetism / by George Adams.
  • A man wearing the same red striped shirt in numerous public engagements relating to public hygiene including swimming and standing on a crowded bus representing an advertisement for ways in which you cannot contract AIDS; a poster sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1998.
  • Brickmakers: one man working at a table while others prepare a kiln and dig the earth. Lithograph by Denis Dighton, 1821.
  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • The costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands, from the earliest periods to the sixth century; to which is added, that of the Gothic nations on the western coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes / By Samuel Rush Meyrick ... and Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq.
  • A man smoking a cigarette, confined in a narrow space, referring to the constraints of dependence on the habit of smoking. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.
  • Prevention of food poisoning by cooling hot food quickly, shown by a roast joint on a dish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1962.
  • The rays of a white sun setting in the sea with palm trees in shadow in the foreground; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health - Republic of Seychelles. Colour lithograph by Classic Design, 1991.
  • A groom with his bride and a message to love faithfully and obey the christian way of life and avoid AIDS; an advertisement by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Colour lithograph by A.B.C. Ngónzi, ca. 1990's (?).
  • A rich man and a workman arguing about the budget introduced by the Liberal Government in the United Kingdom. Colour lithograph after F.C. Gould, ca. 1909.
  • A rich man and a workman arguing about the budget introduced by the Liberal Government in the United Kingdom. Colour lithograph after F.C. Gould, ca. 1909.
  • A doctor vaccinating a child on her mother's lap: vaccination in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Health Education Unit of Lagos, ca. 2000.
  • A man at a dispensary counter raises his arms in despair before crowds of waiting people: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • Many people attempt to board an already crowded bus: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A couple wearing garlands, a packet of condoms, a nurse tending to sterilizing needles and a man receiving a blood transfusion in a hospital bed; a warning issued by the State AIDS Cell of the Goverment of Tamil Nadu about the importance of safe sex and sterilization of hospital equipment to prevent the spread of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Family planning methods in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A pregnant mother with many children clinging to her: family size in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC), ca. 1990.
  • Two trees bearing silhouettes of families: population increase in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC), ca. 1990.
  • A mother sits in despair surrounded by her children: family size in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC), ca. 1990.
  • A pregnant mother sits in tatters with her deprived family: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • A mother sits in despair surrounded by her children: family size in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC), ca. 1990.
  • A hand holding saving account book from the Wise People's Bank: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council , ca. 1990.
  • A family of four eating a good meal: nutrition in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by NERDC, ca. 1995.
  • A woman feeding her baby by spoon: child nutrition in Nigeria. Colour screen print by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A woman feeding her baby by spoon: child nutrition in Nigeria. Colour screen print by Federal Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A handkerchief being blown away by a sneeze. Colour lithograph, 1946.
  • Advertisement for the Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington; with groups of elegant men and women in a London street, within a frame decorated with winged boys and flowers. Engraving, 1885, after F. Bartolozzi.
  • A man wearing jeans with the zip undone takes a condom out of his pocket representing an advertisement for safer sex by the Life Foundation. Lithograph by Robert Joyce and Neal Izumi.