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  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson, a retired American professional basketball, wearing the USA flag and a gold medal with the message: "What can you do to avoid AIDS"; with the same image on the front cover of a book also entitled "Magic Johnson L'amour sans risque" published by J'ai Lu; an advertisement by the book publishers, J'ai Lu [from the Flammarion group]. Colour lithograph.
  • A cross incorporating a montage of pink heart muscles, pink triangles, crossed red and green squares, the AIDS red ribbon on a stamp, flowers, a hand and a version of the American flag; on a background coloured in green crayon incorporating a montage of photographs including Christ's head of thorns and a hand injecting a syringe into an arm; on a further black background bearing the brown lettering: 'el colonialismo' [colonialism]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Juan Sánchez, ca. 1995.
  • A multi-horned ram holding a staff and flag within a red planet with an orange glow at the centre of a starry universe; a red drawn multi-headed fire-breathing winged serpent and personified half-moon in the lower half of the image, yellow drawn knights on horseback coming to the rescue and a glowing sun in the upper half; an astronaut hovers at the right side of the planet while an angel flies at the left; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Nelson Garrido, ca. 1994/5.
  • A multi-horned ram holding a staff and flag within a red planet with an orange glow at the centre of a starry universe; a red drawn multi-headed fire-breathing winged serpent and personified half-moon in the lower half of the image, yellow drawn knights on horseback coming to the rescue and a glowing sun in the upper half; an astronaut hovers at the right side of the planet while an angel flies at the left; one of a series of anti-AIDS posters produced by Artis entitled 'Imágenes contra el SIDA' [Images against AIDS]. Colour lithograph by Nelson Garrido, ca. 1994/5.
  • Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986. Namche Bazar (altitude 3446 metres), a bustling and prosperous market town, is the largest Sherpa settlement in the Khumbu. Many of its Tibetan-style houses devote the ground floor to animal shelters while the family lives upstairs. Most have windows and doors at the front of the building only, the back being built into the side of the mountain. Firewood is stacked against walls, and small terraced fields grow staples (potatoes, barley, wheat). At left is a Buddhist shrine or stupa, on each side of which is painted the eyes of the Buddha. Prayer flags are strung out from its summit.
  • Alton Cripples Home & College : founded by Sir William Treolar : Hornsey Cot.
  • Belgium: pilgrims in procession towards a church of Saint Lambert. Engraving, 191-.
  • "Union Jack." / issued by Bovril Ltd.
  • "Union Jack." / issued by Bovril Ltd.
  • "Union Jack." / issued by Bovril Ltd.
  • "Union Jack." / issued by Bovril Ltd.
  • "Union Jack." / issued by Bovril Ltd.
  • "Union Jack." / issued by Bovril Ltd.
  • Edinburgh's + week 1918 / [City of Edinburgh branch of the British Red Cross Society].
  • Edinburgh's + week 1918 / [City of Edinburgh branch of the British Red Cross Society].
  • French Red Cross.
  • The Union Jack crossed through with a red grid. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1969.
  • A woman with her head bowed and hands stretched forwards in supplication; the Union Jack above. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • The Union Jack crossed through with a red grid. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1969.
  • A woman with her head bowed and hands stretched forwards in supplication; the Union Jack above. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Profile of a young man in red stripes against a blue background of white stars; representing young America. Colour lithograph after F.H.K. Henrion.
  • Profile of a young man in red stripes against a blue background of white stars; representing young America. Colour lithograph after F.H.K. Henrion.
  • The funeral procession of the Dutch naval commander de Ruyter in 1677. Etching.
  • Part of the funeral procession of General Monk, Duke of Albemarle, in 1670. Wood engraving.
  • German Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving by Sheer.
  • Fifteen uniformed men, each of different rank in the Royal Navy, on the deck of a ship. Coloured lithograph, c. 1859.
  • Fifteen uniformed men, each of different rank in the Royal Navy, on the deck of a ship. Coloured lithograph, c. 1859.
  • A dissertation on the natural history and medicinal effects of the secale cornutum, or ergot / By Oliver Prescott. Read at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, June 2, 1813.
  • A dissertation on the natural history and medicinal effects of the secale cornutum, or ergot / By Oliver Prescott. Read at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, June 2, 1813.
  • A liqueur label illustrated with a French foot-soldier attacking a Polish cavalcade. Coloured engraving, 19th century.