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  • Above, the martyr Cuthbert Simpson is tortured on the rack in the Tower of London; below, Roger Holland, a Protestant priest, christens his child secretly in the Protestant faith. Engraving with etching, 1812.
  • A personification of faith with a cross, standing on a column, looking upwards and raising her right arm. Stipple engraving by G.S and J.G Facius, 1781, after Josiah Boydell after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
  • The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.
  • Faithfulness as a protection against AIDS
  • A muezzin on a minaret calling on the faithful to worship; a muezzin calling. Etching, 1787.
  • A faithful unmarried couple, a man with his 3 faithful wives, a couple sitting in a STD clinic and a man receiving an injection with sterilised equipment; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Egyptian wooden pillow with inscription on base; translation; The Chief Doctor of the King, the faithful vassal of Ptah, Khnemarkh
  • A framed family portrait with text below about the importance of being faithful to partners. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • Two wedding rings representing the safety of being faithful in long-term sexual relationships; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • Two wedding rings representing the safety of being faithful in long-term sexual relationships; advertisement by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • A pink heart dreaming of love, faithfulness, and health in the face of epidemic illness from AIDS among gay men. Colour lithograph after M. Dubnický, 1991.
  • A woman and a man cuddling and rubbing noses; representing the need for protection from the risk of contracting AIDS, even for apparently faithful couples. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A black family representing the idea that love and faithfulness protects your family from AIDS; advertisement by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad & Tobago. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A man carrying a woman, both naked; representing the argument that one woman is enough for a man, and that faithfulness is a protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph after K. Sedláček, 199-.
  • A family from the Cook Islands; representing an advertisement to stay faithful to loved ones by protecting them against AIDS, issued by the Ministry of Health, Cook Islands. Colour lithograph by Judith Künzle.
  • Memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentelman, containing a faithful and curious account of his birth, education, marriage, travels and voyages / Written by himself; translated from the French by Mr. Des Carrieres.
  • Two heads of the same man contrasting fantasies of unfaithfulness with the reality of faithfulness, with a view to stopping the spread of AIDS. Colour lithograph for Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
  • A man with his wife and two sons with a message about the importance of being faithful to his wife to avoid putting his family at risk from AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1991.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Albanian lettering on how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Portuguese lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman sitting on a motorbike is embraced by her partner representing a message about the 'ABC' for life: 'A'bstinence, 'B'e faithful and 'C'ondoms; an advertisement by the Malaysian Ministry of Health and the Heal Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Spanish lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with English lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Croatian lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • Nine green and red diagrams with Turkish lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
  • A couple sit at a bar wondering if each other is 'safe' representing a message about the 'ABC' for life: 'A'bstinence, 'B'e faithful and 'C'ondoms; an advertisement by the Malaysian Ministry of Health and the Heal Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A faithful couple, opening a condom packet, a woman receiving a blood transfusion that has been screened for HIV, sterilised skin piercing instruments and an HIV positive woman seeking health advice before planning a baby; advice by the World Health Organization about the way AIDS can be prevented. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A mirror image of a man in a suit with a message in German about how he was not faithful to his wife but is to the condom; 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.
  • A mirror image of a man in a suit with a message in Italian about how he was not faithful [in relationships] but is to the condom; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIUTO AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A mirror image of a man wearing a denim shirt and a message in Italian about how he was not faithful to his ex but he is to the condom; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.