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  • Courtesan Mori Murasaki of the brothel Kimpei Daikoku in the New Yoshiwara (licensed quarters), slides open a screen and looks at her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • Early C20 Chinese Lithograph: 'Fan' diseases
  • Chinese woodcut: Various abscesses and tumours
  • Paediatric finger diagnosis: 'Three Passes', Chinese woodcut
  • Pa Kua, Symbol of Yang and Yin
  • Shiva with eight arms trampling a demon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Shiva with eight arms killing a demon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Five different specimen of cats shown fighting for the prey. Coloured etching by J. Miller after J. Stewart.
  • 'Tabloid' Laxative Vegetable : a vegetable combination of exceptional purity, particularly valuable where aperients of inorganic origin are contra-indicated.
  • Vīrabhadra with six arms, killing a snake with a trishul (trident). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Chinese woodcut: Spirit of the lung
  • Chinese 15th century Daoist image of internal topography
  • The body of Tippu Sultan is laid out and mourned by a woman and servants. Stipple engraving by L. Schiavonetti, 1801, after R.K. Porter.
  • An old ibex is dancing in an unrestrained manner with a crowd of wild animals watching the spectacle in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A horse with an abnormally coloured coat standing in a paddock with other horses in the background. Etching by J. E. Ridinger after D. Sauerkern.
  • Boycott E$$o : no.1 global warming villain... / StopEsso campaign.
  • Boycott E$$o : no.1 global warming villain... / StopEsso campaign.
  • Circus madness / Animal Defenders.
  • A man, lying on a rock, is looking down on a congregation of animals in an edenic garden. Coloured etching by J. Stewart and W. Warwick.
  • Circus madness / Animal Defenders.
  • Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Danshichi Kurōbei having just disposed of the corpse of his victim down a well; the character is about to escape by joining a passing festival procession. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1855.
  • Circus madness / Animal Defenders.
  • A magpie and an ostrich are in discussion with an assembly of wild animals looking on from above. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Chinese woodcut: Abscesses - 'left hand touching abscess' etc
  • Virabhadra killing a green demon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A naked man holding two small crocodiles stands on a drinks table surrounded by male spectators with the message 'Wild living. Safe sex'; advertising the AIDS Information Line in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by Hans Verschuuren for the Stuurgroep AIDSpreventie Homo's and Buro GVO Amsterdam, 1991.
  • Two leopards and their cubs. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Twelve univalve molluscs. Coloured etching by M. Harris.
  • Naan bigger, none better : refreshingly different / Bengal Brasserie.