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  • An old black man in ragged clothes holding a broom in his left hand and holding his hat in his right hand as if to beg for alms. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Four figures: Geneviève, an albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin; the conjoint twins Hélène and Judith; and Maria Herig who had a skin disease. Engraving after J. de Sève, 1777.
  • The black and white figures of a couple hugging within a border decorated with the national colours of Zimbabwe; advertising safe-sex in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph by J. Shepherd for the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) of Zimbabwe, 1991.
  • A hazy crowd of people in colours on the left and in black and white on the right; representing "AIDS, a responsibility of all, a consideration for others". Colour silk screen print after A. Muntadas and J. Rabascall, 1993.
  • Pine's Devonshire oils, for cattle : worms in sheep, ewes' and cows' udders, black udder, scour in lambs, inflammations, gripes, chills, galls, sprains, swellings, broken knees, &c. : prepared & sold wholesale & retail by the proprietor / R.J. Joint.
  • Gladstone is being confronted by J.S. Blackie regarding his foreign policy; Lord Rosebery wearing a crown and holding an umbrella in the background. Engraving, 1880.
  • 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 French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: one nurse checks a patient's temperature, a second washes a black man's face. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A man in a white vest and jeans with his arms folded against a black background and the words in German: "My friend has AIDS. I may not be gay"; an anti-AIDS poster by Stefan Thiel. Lithograph.
  • A black man with the belt of his jeans undone leans back on a white man who embraces him with the message "I have safe sex or no sex"; an advertisement for safe sex by the Projectgroep Publiekscampagne AIDS/SOA. Colour lithograph.
  • A message in orange lettering in German that 'I don't use condoms because I often do the test' and in black lettering 'the test does not prevent AIDS'; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • I feel safer using condoms : find out what else you can do to protect yourself from HIV and other STIs... : call African AIDS Helpline, 0800 0967 500 : it's free, confidential, safe to call / produced by Black Health Agency, NAHIP, NHS.
  • A black and a white syringe against a background of swirling white lines representing an advertisement for Project 'AIDS en Druggebruik' and the AIDS Information line in the Netherlands; advertisement by the N.I.A.D [Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs]. Colour lithograph.
  • A message in orange lettering in French that 'I don't use condoms because I often do the test' and in black lettering 'the test does not prevent AIDS'; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' by the l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA , in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • On Monday, July 19th, 1869 & every evening until further notice : the performance will commencewith (Wednesday and Thursday excepted) the interesting drama, in four acts, entitled - the Black Doctor : acts I. and II. the island of Bourbon, 1788 ... / Grecian Theatre ... City Road.
  • The side profile of the face of Gladys, a black woman with red lips with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Steve about the use of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • The side profile of the face of Gladys, a black woman with red lips with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Steve about the use of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • The side profile of the face of Feroz, a black man with a moustache with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Carlo about the use of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • A message in blue lettering in German that 'I don't take condoms because women find them disgusting' and in black lettering 'men gossip'; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.
  • The side profile of the face of Brian, a black man with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Radjin about how quick it is to put on condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • The side profile of the face of Brian, a black man with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Radjin about how quick it is to put on condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • Paeonia officinalis L. Paeoniaceae, European Peony, Distribution: Europe. The peony commemorates Paeon, physician to the Gods of ancient Greece (Homer’s Iliad v. 401 and 899, circa 800 BC). Paeon, came to be associated as being Apollo, Greek god of healing, poetry, the sun and much else, and father of Aesculapius/Asclepias. Theophrastus (circa 300 BC), repeated by Pliny, wrote that if a woodpecker saw one collecting peony seed during the day, it would peck out one’s eyes, and (like mandrake) the roots had to be pulled up at night by tying them to the tail of a dog, and one’s ‘fundament might fall out’ [anal prolapse] if one cut the roots with a knife. Theophrastus commented ‘all this, however, I take to be so much fiction, most frivolously invented to puff up their supposed marvellous properties’. Dioscorides (70 AD, tr. Beck, 2003) wrote that 15 of its black seeds, drunk with wine, were good for nightmares, uterine suffocation and uterine pains. Officinalis indicates it was used in the offices, ie the clinics, of the monks in the medieval era. The roots, hung round the neck, were regarded as a cure for epilepsy for nearly two thousand years, and while Galen would have used P. officinalis, Parkinson (1640) recommends the male peony (P. mascula) for this. He also recommends drinking a decoction of the roots. Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal (1737), published by the College of Physicians, explains that it was used to cure febrile fits in children, associated with teething. Although she does not mention it, these stop whatever one does. Parkinson also reports that the seeds are used for snake bite, uterine bleeding, people who have lost the power of speech, nightmares and melancholy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Paeonia officinalis L. Paeoniaceae, European Peony, Distribution: Europe. The peony commemorates Paeon, physician to the Gods of ancient Greece (Homer’s Iliad v. 401 and 899, circa 800 BC). Paeon, came to be associated as being Apollo, Greek god of healing, poetry, the sun and much else, and father of Aesculapius/Asclepias. Theophrastus (circa 300 BC), repeated by Pliny, wrote that if a woodpecker saw one collecting peony seed during the day, it would peck out one’s eyes, and (like mandrake) the roots had to be pulled up at night by tying them to the tail of a dog, and one’s ‘fundament might fall out’ [anal prolapse] if one cut the roots with a knife. Theophrastus commented ‘all this, however, I take to be so much fiction, most frivolously invented to puff up their supposed marvellous properties’. Dioscorides (70 AD, tr. Beck, 2003) wrote that 15 of its black seeds, drunk with wine, were good for nightmares, uterine suffocation and uterine pains. Officinalis indicates it was used in the offices, ie the clinics, of the monks in the medieval era. The roots, hung round the neck, were regarded as a cure for epilepsy for nearly two thousand years, and while Galen would have used P. officinalis, Parkinson (1640) recommends the male peony (P. mascula) for this. He also recommends drinking a decoction of the roots. Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal (1737), published by the College of Physicians, explains that it was used to cure febrile fits in children, associated with teething. Although she does not mention it, these stop whatever one does. Parkinson also reports that the seeds are used for snake bite, uterine bleeding, people who have lost the power of speech, nightmares and melancholy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Two putti supporting a roundel with the portrait of John Bulwer; above, coat of arms. Etching, ca. 1650.
  • A woman leans out of the window waving to a man on the road as the carriage she is travelling in rushes past him. Engraving, 1800.
  • Fry's pure concentrated cocoa : a source of delight.
  • Fry's pure concentrated cocoa : a source of delight.
  • A.J. Tartiss, druggist & apothecary, 268 Putnam Ave., Cor. Nostrand, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • The Black Corinth grape (Vitis vinifera cv.): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1835, after W. Hooker.
  • Man suffering from cystic adenoma of the thyroid gland