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  • Charles Farrell. Coloured photographic postcard, 195-.
  • The gnarled hands of 'sin' reaching out towards a woman in a figure-hugging dress representing 'lust' with a couple and a figure of death beside a grave; one of 4 drawings by students of C. C. Sweeting Senior High School, Nassau, Bahamas for World AIDS Day, November 1993. Photocopy reproduced from a drawing, 1993.
  • Colin Clive. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Colin Clive. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • The countess, having taken a dose of laudanum nears death, and is kissed by her sickly child held towards her by an elderly maid; her father slips her ring from her finger. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745.
  • The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • List of drugs, written out and signed by G.Washington.
  • List of drugs, written out and signed by G.Washington.
  • Country dance, performed by villagers. Engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633.
  • Rod La Rocque. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Rod La Rocque. Photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.
  • A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.
  • Portrait of Mrs. T. R. Lewis taken in Cassel.
  • A young man, on his way to London, dreams of a successful future. Photograph after C. Nanteuil.
  • A young man, on his way to London, dreams of a successful future. Photograph after C. Nanteuil.
  • The word 'AIDS' with a message about the need to pratice safer sex; an advertisement issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Alfred Naquet. Coloured lithograph by A. Gill, 1873.
  • A red male and female sign bearing Hindi lettering on blue against a black background representing word 'AIDS' with a message about the need to pratice safer sex; an advertisement issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A masquerade in which King Charles VI of France and some others, dressed as wildmen in shaggy costumes, are nearly burned to death by accident. Aquatint by J. Harris after J. Froissart.
  • Jean Misaubin and his family. Gouache painting by Joseph Goupy, 172-.
  • Jean Misaubin and his family. Gouache painting by Joseph Goupy, 172-.
  • A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • In the cabinet of the quack doctor, the viscount Squanderfield holds out a small pill-box as a girl dabs her face with a handkerchief. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745.
  • Apollo descending to kill the Python, surrounded by men and women of Delphi; representing the power of music to affect the human mind. Etching by Agostino Carracci after A. Boscoli after B. Buontalenti.
  • The tomb of Maximilian I, archduke of Austria, German king, and Holy Roman Emperor (1493-1519) at the Hofkirche in Innsbruck, Austria. Chalk lithograph with white highlights.
  • Esther fainting before Ahasuerus. Etching by L.J. Le Lorrain after J.F. de Troy.
  • A woman representing Necessity, seated on a throne supported by the Fates, is flanked by the planets and by Sirens; representing the Harmony of Spheres. Etching by Agostino Carracci after A. Boscoli after B. Buontalenti.
  • Richard Gaff, a very old man. Etching by W. Long after himself.
  • The exorcism of a ghost. Engraving by E. Portbury, 1827, after F.P. Stephanoff.