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  • Story of Purūravas and Urvashi: Urvashi flying off to heaven while Purūravas tries to stop her. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior during the visit of Pope Pius VII. Aquatint with etching by J.H. Marlet, 1805.
  • A young man sitting under a tree playing music surrounded by musical instruments, sports equipments and an open purse, while Cupid is aiming at him; representing the power of Love. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • A white telephone on a bright yellow background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from shaking hands". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.
  • Two eyes above a woman and child and other illustrations of groups of black people interwoven with a red banner bearing words including 'give love' and 'compassion'; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc. for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • A personified condom with a large speech bubble containing messages, interspersed with hearts, based on the idea that love is the solution to AIDS; surrounded by blue graphic symbols of Adam and Eve. Colour silk screen print after R. Combas, 1993.
  • A condom incorporated within the words "True Love"; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • A line-drawn nativity scene within a line drawn frame with Mary and Joseph bearing condoms as halos; an image by Marie Antoinette Gorret from a graphic Illustration competition on the theme of 'What does AIDS mean to you?' by the Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.
  • A besotted physician asks his young patient to cure him of his heartache. Coloured lithograph after C. Philipon, c. 1830.
  • A naked man and woman stand about to kiss with the message in German: 'Protection from love. Let us give AIDS no chance'; an advertisement for safe sex by the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Ogilvy & Mather Medical and Peter Baumann of Hollywood Ges. m.b.H.
  • One folded sheet containing the silhouette torso of Michelangelo's David and a list of excuses for not practising safe sex; advertisement by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Larry Stinson and Les Poppas.
  • A red heart broken in two with two speech bubbles: "l'amour?" and "Parlons-en!" with scattered fragments of random images below including a mouth and a man holding a gun; a reminder for the young to talk about love [to prevent the spread of AIDS] by the Office Municipal de la Jeunesse Aubervilliers. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Coloured stipple engraving by T.Burke, ca. 1805, after P. Reinagle.
  • A message in lilac and pale blue lettering about being safe in new relationships with a condom within a lilac border; German version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients receiving women visitors, but a black soldier has no visitor. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A horizontal condom decorated with coloured shapes including red hearts to symbolise love; with the message "without [condoms] the desire goes away". Colour lithograph after Niki de Saint Phalle.
  • Psychopathia sexualis : with especial reference to antipathic sexual instinct a medico-forensic study / by R. v. Krafft-Ebing ... The only authorised English translation of the tenth German edition.
  • Two men with square heads bearing the positive and minus signs of HIV perform anal sex with the words 'safe-love', 'safe-lust' and two joined hearts across their bodies; a reminder to gay men to practice safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • A man smiling with his legs crossed being hugged by his gay partner as they sit on a round stone; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for the AIDS-Tukikeskus, the AIDS support centre by the Finnish AIDS Council. Colour lithograph by Erkki Lietzén and Mika Lahti, 1991.
  • A young woman is brought to visit a sick young man in the hope that her love will cure him; relatives and attendants are present. Coloured lithograph by Lafosse after P.-E. Destouches, ca. 1850/1879.
  • A couple hugging representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Mozambique. Colour lithograph by Luis Cardosa, ca. 1996.
  • A young lady reclining, being attended by a physician. Lithograph.
  • To my valentine.
  • A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.
  • Two couples: the young women putting antlers on to the heads of the older men, indicating their cuckoldry. Engraving.
  • My valentine : if you'll be mine, we'll never part for I'll be yours with all my heart.
  • Cupid inspiring plants with Love, in a tropical landscape. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi and H. Landseer, c.1812, after P.Reinagle.
  • Two lovers, or a man with a courtesan, holding roses, within an oval frame. Watercolour drawing.