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  • Besharah, of the Beni Said tribe, a member of the artists' travelling party in Egypt, Sinai and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Versions of the red ribbon symbol by artists from around the world representing an advertisement for World Aids Day by the National Aids Trust. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A woman in a red dress with puffed sleeves sings beside a pianist representing an advertisement for a benefit concert entitled 'Artists against AIDS. The Big Aria' to support Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe at the Schubertsaal Wiener concert hall in Vienna on 24 October 1987. Colour lithograph.
  • A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.
  • A distorted figure lying down behind barbed wire within the logo of the organisation AIDS-Hilfe, with the word 'Danger'; an advertisement for "Künstler gegen AIDS" (Artists against AIDS), an exhibition in Siegen from 4 September to 3 October 1993. Lithograph by Ch. Hobert and U. Decker, 1993.
  • An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.
  • Blood cells through the microscope. This image is a combination of what can be seen through the microscope, and the artists impression of blood cells and surrounding structures and organisms.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists / from drawings by the late John Flaxman. Engraved by Henry Landseer; with two additional plates; and explanatory notes, by William Robertson.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
  • The words 'Music for Life' with information about featured artists at an AIDS Benefit Concert for Gay Men's Health at Carnegie Hall, New York City on March 14th, 1993. Colour lithograph by Zahor & Bender Incorporated.
  • A native American man wearing a feather head dress holds another across his knees against a backdrop of snow covered mountains; a calendar for 1995 by VIVA, Lesbian and Gay Latino artists to support those with HIV. Colour lithograph after Joey Terrill, 1994.
  • An advertisement in Spanish for an exhibition of work by a group of artists in support of the work of the Civic Association of Anti-AIDS (ACCAS) from 13 to 31st October 1995, at the Galeria Siboney in Santander. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Tigridia pavonia (L.f.)DC. Iridaceae Distribution: Peru. These colourful, tulip-like flowers were named by De Candolle for Joseph (José) Pavón Jiménez (1754-1840), the Spanish pharmacist/botanist who accompanied Hipólito Ruiz and Joseph Dombey on their epic botanising in Peru and Chile (1777-1788) in search of quinine and medicinal plants. On the 8th April 1777, King Carlos III of Spain gave permission for the three botanists and two artists to travel from Spain to America to study the flora of Peru and Chile, then Spanish dominions. Initially around Lima, and then further afield, they collected plants which their artists painted
  • The anatomy of the bones and muscles : exhibiting the parts as they appear on dissection, and more particularly in the living figure; as applicable to the fine arts. Designed for the use of artists, and memebers of the Artist's anatomical society. In two parts / By George Simpson. Illustrated with highly-finished lithographic impressions.
  • The anatomy of the bones and muscles : exhibiting the parts as they appear on dissection, and more particularly in the living figure; as applicable to the fine arts. Designed for the use of artists, and memebers of the Artist's anatomical society. In two parts / By George Simpson. Illustrated with highly-finished lithographic impressions.
  • The anatomy of the bones and muscles : exhibiting the parts as they appear on dissection, and more particularly in the living figure; as applicable to the fine arts. Designed for the use of artists, and memebers of the Artist's anatomical society. In two parts / By George Simpson. Illustrated with highly-finished lithographic impressions.
  • A woman enthroned under an oak tree, holding a book, a sword and the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; next to her is a crown; the whole framed by medallions with portraits of artists; representing the rule of the Holy Roman Empire. Lithograph.
  • Three telephone cards bearing the designs of artists: one bears a clown holding a red heart shaped apple and signed "Tobiasse", another 3 hearts signed "Sosno '97", and the third bearing the words "varde [?] retro virus" and signed "Ben 97"; advertisements for the SIDA Info Service supported by Caisse d'Epargne Cote d'Azur, Durex, Cryptone and NRJ [radio station]. Colour lithograph, 1997.
  • [50 coloured plates / engraved by Martin Engelbrecht, from 18th-cent. German works. These are caricatures of different types of tradesmen and their wives, with the costume, tools, and apparatus of their craft. Among them are an apothecary, a spicer, and a spectacle-maker. The plates are similar to those in Larmessin's 'Album des métiers'. The artists include J.J. Stelzer, P.A. Dagmier, and P.F. Engelbrecht. All the plates except the first two have legends in French and German and appear to be from the same work].
  • [50 coloured plates / engraved by Martin Engelbrecht, from 18th-cent. German works. These are caricatures of different types of tradesmen and their wives, with the costume, tools, and apparatus of their craft. Among them are an apothecary, a spicer, and a spectacle-maker. The plates are similar to those in Larmessin's 'Album des métiers'. The artists include J.J. Stelzer, P.A. Dagmier, and P.F. Engelbrecht. All the plates except the first two have legends in French and German and appear to be from the same work].
  • [50 coloured plates / engraved by Martin Engelbrecht, from 18th-cent. German works. These are caricatures of different types of tradesmen and their wives, with the costume, tools, and apparatus of their craft. Among them are an apothecary, a spicer, and a spectacle-maker. The plates are similar to those in Larmessin's 'Album des métiers'. The artists include J.J. Stelzer, P.A. Dagmier, and P.F. Engelbrecht. All the plates except the first two have legends in French and German and appear to be from the same work].
  • [50 coloured plates / engraved by Martin Engelbrecht, from 18th-cent. German works. These are caricatures of different types of tradesmen and their wives, with the costume, tools, and apparatus of their craft. Among them are an apothecary, a spicer, and a spectacle-maker. The plates are similar to those in Larmessin's 'Album des métiers'. The artists include J.J. Stelzer, P.A. Dagmier, and P.F. Engelbrecht. All the plates except the first two have legends in French and German and appear to be from the same work].
  • [50 coloured plates / engraved by Martin Engelbrecht, from 18th-cent. German works. These are caricatures of different types of tradesmen and their wives, with the costume, tools, and apparatus of their craft. Among them are an apothecary, a spicer, and a spectacle-maker. The plates are similar to those in Larmessin's 'Album des métiers'. The artists include J.J. Stelzer, P.A. Dagmier, and P.F. Engelbrecht. All the plates except the first two have legends in French and German and appear to be from the same work].