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  • Young, Irish, HIV : respect yourself, protect yourself ... and those around you.
  • An Irish greyhound standing in a mountainous landscape. Etching by J. Scott after P. Reinagle.
  • A young Irish woman working at a spinning wheel. Engraving by Francis Holl after F.W. Topham.
  • The male and female Irish elk (Cervus megaceros), now extinct. Reproduction of a painting by J Smith.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an exhibit relating to British and Irish education. Photograph, 1904.
  • The antlers of an Irish fossil elk, and fossil teeth and tusks. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth, 1833.
  • James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812. Watercolour.
  • An Irish cow doctor points to a kneeling cow, observed by its concerned owner. Wood engraving by E. Fitzpatrick, 1850/1870?.
  • An Irish bachelor sits threading a needle to mend his ragged clothes. Lithograph by T. Maguire, 1855, after E. Nicol.
  • Eight comic scenes from the life of the poor Irish giant. Reproduction of a wood engraving by G.F.S.
  • [Undated handbill advertising an exhibition of the Irish Giant, German Giantess and the Giant Baby at the South London Palace].
  • Gladstone and three other politicians involved in Irish politics as Christmas drinking companions. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 December 1887.
  • Gladstone and three other politicians involved in Irish politics as Christmas drinking companions. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 December 1887.
  • A military doctor prescribing whiskey lotion for a soldier's sprained foot - his patient requesting Irish. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.
  • An Irish bronze reliquary in the form of a human arm, made to house an arm of Saint Lachtin. Etching by James Basire.
  • Irish emigrants in America: a woman with two children, and a man sitting outside an inn smoking a pipe. Coloured etching after William Heath.
  • Daniel O'Connell and the Duke of Wellington face each other as two opposing Irish chieftains. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • A well-dressed black couple in New York City are being offered a coat by a poor Irish immigrant outside a laundry. Coloured lithograph.
  • A doctor visiting an Irish patient whose wife queries the recommendation to take one pill three times a day. Wood engraving after D. Wilson, 1903.
  • [Newspaper clipping showing the skeletons of Mademoiselle Crachani, a Sicilian dwarf and Patrick O'Brien, the Irish Giant on display at the Royal College of Surgeons].
  • [Newspaper clipping showing the skeletons of Mademoiselle Crachani, a Sicilian dwarf and Patrick O'Brien, the Irish Giant on display at the Royal College of Surgeons].
  • James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812; with details of the hydrogen barrels and equipment. Engraving.
  • To cure mumps the patient was led by an ass-halter three times round a pig-sty. A handbook of Irish folklore G. O'Suilleabhain : 'Pro-Actidil'.
  • To cure mumps the patient was led by an ass-halter three times round a pig-sty. A handbook of Irish folklore G. O'Suilleabhain : 'Pro-Actidil'.
  • [Newspaper cutting (1887?) "An Irish giant in court" about 7' 5" James Patrick Folly's arrest and trial for drunken assault on a police officer in Tottenham Court Road].
  • [Newspaper cutting (1887?) "An Irish giant in court" about 7' 5" James Patrick Folly's arrest and trial for drunken assault on a police officer in Tottenham Court Road].
  • [Newspaper cutting (1887?) "An Irish giant in court" about 7' 5" James Patrick Folly's arrest and trial for drunken assault on a police officer in Tottenham Court Road].
  • [Newspaper cutting (1887?) "An Irish giant in court" about 7' 5" James Patrick Folly's arrest and trial for drunken assault on a police officer in Tottenham Court Road].
  • The martyrdom of the Irish Protestants: the Protestants are dragged naked through the bogs, hung on tenter hooks, tied to poles and left to die. Etching by T. Stothard.
  • Five red hearts interpersed with smaller hearts with a block of patchwork designs above a series venues and dates; advertisement for The Irish Quilt Tour 1991 Aids Memorial. Colour lithograph.