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  • Four men whose distorted shadows are cast on the wall:a an apothecary casting the shadow of a clyster, a censor casting the shadow of a devil, a hereditary peer casting the shadow of a pig, and a Jesuit casting the shadow of a turkey. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • Harinaigamesi replaces the foetus conceived by Queen Trisala, a member of the Ksatriya or warrior lady cast, with that of the foetus of Mahavira which has been removed from the Brahmin woman. From the Kalpa sutra a religious Jain text dealing with the lives of the 24 Jinas or founders of Jainsim
  • For whom the bell tolls : HIV... featuring an increasing cast of thousands showing on a lab slide near you / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • For whom the bell tolls : HIV... featuring an increasing cast of thousands showing on a lab slide near you / Pride and prejudice was created by HIV positive gay and bisexual men from Juice and "Positive Voice", with assistance from Gay Men's Health, Waverley Care Trust and funded by Health Gay Scotland ; photographic work led by Rebecca Marr, design & internet consultant Design Resource Ltd.
  • The mahatmya of the 13th adhyaya. An adulterous woman from the city of Harinam goes to the forest with her husband and is attacked by a tiger who only eats those who commit immoral acts. Reborn as a low-caste Chandala, the woman hears the 13th adhyaya of the Bhagvadgita from the holy man and asks him to recite it to the tiger as well. Both the woman and the tiger receive divine bodies and are taken to Visnu's heaven
  • The mahatmya of the 13th adhyaya. An adulterous woman from the city of Harinam goes to the forest with her husband and is attacked by a tiger who only eats those who commit immoral acts. Reborn as a low-caste Chandala, the woman hears the 13th adhyaya of the Bhagvadgita from the holy man and asks him to recite it to the tiger as well. Both the woman and the tiger receive divine bodies and are taken to Visnu's heaven
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • Too many animals are born : do you know that ... the answer is speying and neutering / Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare.
  • The "Burdizzo" way is sure and safe on calves, lambs, donkeys, in a swarm of maggot flies.
  • The "Burdizzo" way is sure and safe on calves, lambs, donkeys, in a swarm of maggot flies.
  • The "Burdizzo" way is sure and safe on calves, lambs, donkeys, in a swarm of maggot flies.
  • "Orquisteron" marca registrada (Testosterona canadiense) : hormona masculina / Charles E. Frosst & Co. ; distribuidores exclusivos para Cuba: Drogueria Arias y Cia.
  • "Orquisteron" marca registrada (Testosterona canadiense) : hormona masculina / Charles E. Frosst & Co. ; distribuidores exclusivos para Cuba: Drogueria Arias y Cia.
  • Baby "Burdizzo" : "I would not dream of doing a lamb otherwise" ... / Albert Amos.
  • Baby "Burdizzo" : "I would not dream of doing a lamb otherwise" ... / Albert Amos.
  • Section of a testicle removed from a man suffering from tertiary syphilis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1858.
  • An astrologer. Watercolour by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.
  • A soldier and his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Basket weavers. Gouache drawing.
  • Lucifer's angels tumble out of heaven, their limbs entwined. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-.
  • A man wearing a white dress and a red cap, holding a spear. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A man from Maharashtra. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.
  • A snake charmer. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.