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  • Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.
  • A man suffering from mental illness or epilepsy is held up in front of an altar on which is a reliquary with the face of Christ, several lame men are also at the altar in the hope of a miracle cure. Watercolour.
  • A young man smoking a pipe in his study. Lithograph, 19th century (?).
  • Mary enters her Dormition holding a candle, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving.
  • Two men studying a corpse by the light of a candle stuck in its chest. Etching after a drawing attributed to Polidoro Caldara (Polidoro da Caravaggio).
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.
  • Florence Nightingale. Mezzotint by C.A. Tomkins, 1855, after J. Butterworth.
  • A monk in full habit lying on his deathbed holding a snuffed candle in his right hand. Line engraving with etching.
  • Mary dies amid a commotion of apostles and angels. Etching by L. Bridi after de Antioni after M. d'Oggioni.
  • Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A woman surgeon and her assistant cupping a patient. Oil painting after Cornelis Dusart.
  • A young man weeps in grief by the death bed of a young woman. Line engraving by J. Brown, 1846, after J. Barker.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Engraving by L. Kilian after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • A tooth-drawer in his practice extracting a tooth from a seated patient who is surrounded by friends and family holding candles. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. van Honthorst.
  • A lit candle stiched together representing an advertisement for an exhibition of The Names Project to commemorate those who have died from AIDS between 20 and 23 November 1990 in Mexico. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Select medicines and family articles prepared and sold by J. K. Clapham, dispensing chemist, and manufacturer of aerated waters, 6, Briggate, Leeds.
  • 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.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.