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  • A green neon-lit pharmacy shop sign on the corner of a street with a message in French: 'There are places for protection on every street corner'; with a sterile needle and a condom advertising pharmacies as the first port of call for protection against AIDS; an advertisement by the Ministére du Travail et des Affaires Sociales, L'Assurance Maladie Sécurité Sociale, Ordre National des Pharmacies and CFES. Colour lithograph.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in French: 'AIDS is not dying once; we die of indifference every day'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in German: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A man is being carried recumbent on a bier supported between two horses, men on horseback are watching from the side of the road. Wood engraving by CfB (?).
  • Saint Januarius: worshippers demand that his blood be turned green or yellow as a miracle. Coloured lithograph by G. Castagnola.
  • Maurizio Bufalini. Lithograph by F. Martini.
  • Saint Lucy. Colour lithograph.
  • A man brought on a bier before an altar. Drawing attributed to Pieter de Jode I.
  • A group of people standing around a man having an epileptic fit. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A group of people standing around a man having an epileptic fit. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Colour lithograph.
  • The Virgin of Health in the church of St. Catherine of Strada Maggiore at Bologna. Photogravure.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Colour lithograph.
  • A young woman dancing the tarantella. Coloured lithograph by G. Dura.
  • Murshidabad: monuments in memory of women who had died by sati. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) of Guadalupe. Lithograph.
  • Bearers in China carrying a sedan chair suspended between poles. Wood engraving.
  • Francesco Puccinotti. Lithograph by G. Castagnola.
  • A man wearing a "Bolivar hat", accompanied by a woman and two children. Lithograph by Benira (?).
  • Three bearers placing patient on stretcher / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • A Neapolitan woman has a cauldron of hot chestnuts in a basket to sell. Coloured lithograph by Cuciniello and Bianchi.
  • A young man is handing out a glass of brandy from one of the bottles in his tray. Coloured lithograph by Cuciniello e Bianchi.
  • A vegetable farmer has the panniers on his donkey loaded with vegetables. Coloured lithograph by La Sirena.
  • Slaves harvesting cinnamon near Colombo, Sri Lanka. Line engraving by Mutlow.
  • Four men carrying a long palanquin, preceded by guards and attendants. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A young man dancing the tarantella. Coloured lithograph by G. Dura.
  • Pomada Aspaime, a remedy for respiratory complaints: advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
  • A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.
  • An epileptic or sick person having a fit on a stretcher, two men try to restrain him. Ink drawing attributed to J.B. Jouvenet.