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  • Jamestown, New York: the first train arriving from New York City. Wood engraving, 1860.
  • Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York: with an elaborate border. Line engraving by J.D. Smillie after Davis.
  • The Hospital for diseases of the chest, City Road: a montage of four views. Wood engraving by J. R. Brown.
  • An index finger wearing a condom pointing up to form the 'i' of AIDS; an advertisement for safe sex. Colour lithograph by John Bloom, 199-.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A man under water with his legs open to reveal his penis
  • A man with a pierced nipple immersed in water with his legs open to reveal his penis; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for condoms by the Helseutvalget for Homofile, Gay and Lesbian Health Norway. Lithograph by Fin Serck-Hanssen and En-Garde Design, ca. 1995.
  • The feet of a corpse with a morgue-label 'AIDS' around the right toe; warning about the risk of dying from AIDS after not using condoms. Colour lithograph by Renee Martin, ca. 1996.
  • Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • The bombardment and capture of Island 'Number Ten' on the Mississippi River, April 7th 1862: Federal gunboats and mortar boats are shown firing at the Confederate fortifications on the island. Colour lithograph, 1862.
  • Top, a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia; centre, a coach on a street in Baltimore; bottom left, slaves waiting to be sold, Virginia; bottom right, a slave playing the flute. Wood engraving after E.C., 1856.
  • An Irish bachelor sits threading a needle to mend his ragged clothes. Lithograph by T. Maguire, 1855, after E. Nicol.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • King's Cross, London: the Great Dust-Heap, next to Battle Bridge and the Smallpox Hospital. Watercolour painting by E. H. Dixon, 1837.
  • The dance of death: the lady. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the bishop. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the canon. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the advocate. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the senator. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the abbess. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: Adam tills the soil. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the duke. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the duchess. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the warlord. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the child. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the old woman. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the merchant. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the abbot. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.