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  • J.B. Douville in Africa being carried in a litter ("tipoi") suspended on poles between two people. Coloured lithograph attributed to Boulanger (?) afterJ.B. Douville.
  • A European man in Mozambique travelling in a litter (machila) carried by four men wearing loin cloths. Line block by Max Cowper after F.L.M. Moir.
  • Pigs and a litter of piglets, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of porcine products. Coloured engraving by Badoureau, ca. 1848, after P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.
  • China: a litter or palanquin carrying a woman is being transported by two mules across a stream in a rocky pass. Wood engraving by E. Froment after W. Small.
  • A European man in the East Indies is lying in a litter with a roof as he is being carried by four men. Engraving by Walker after Walker, 17--.
  • People reaching for alcoholic drink falling from a pile of barrels of liquor likened to the upas-tree; skeletons litter the ground. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842.
  • Words relating to sex litter the page between swirling patterns; representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Gay Men's Health Education Unit. Colour lithograph by Paull McKee.
  • Sepoy Rebellion: British officers travelling in panniers on the backs of camels and borne in a litter by Indian men. Tinted lithograph by W. Simpson, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.
  • Cupid engraving at a table in a moon-lit garret. Wood engraving.
  • The Dunmow Flitch: the winning couple are carried through the crowded street in a litter, preceded by a person holding the flitch aloft on the end of a stick. Lithograph after David Ogborne.
  • A prisoner led to his execution through a field littered with skulls and skeletons. Wood engraving.
  • The Tigris Front, Iraq (formerly Mesopotamia): First Corps British Army camp sanitary area at Sandy Ridge: view of closed incinerator, sweeper's tent, drying shed for litter and latrine huts. Photograph by P.F. Gow, ca. 1916.
  • Red ribbons litter an illustration showing a series of faces; monuments, including a London double decker bus, denote cities around the world; an advertisement for World AIDS day . Colour lithograph by National AIDS Trust, 1994.
  • Basilica of Saint Peter, Vatican: the church and the colonnade, lit by lamps at night. Coloured etching.
  • A man sticking placards on a wall that is already littered with public notices. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Mittel gegen Futterverstopfung der Kühe : dreimal täglich je den fünften Teil in einem Liter Kamillenaufguss zu geben / Carl d'Alleux.
  • A battlefield littered with corpses of soldiers and carcasses of horses during a fierce cavalry battle. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • A big red ribbon against peaceful sunset-lit clouds; representing solidarity in Poland with HIV positive people. Colour lithograph, 200- (?).
  • Caroli Linnaei ... Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes, secundum systema sexuale collectas in itinere impensis Soc. Reg. Litter. et Scient. Sveciae A. CDDCCXXXII instituto. Additis sysnonymis, & locis natalibus omnium, descriptionibus & figuris rariorum, virbus medicatis & oeconomicis plurimarum / [Carl von Linné].
  • Men sitting around a candle-lit table, talking about politics, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.
  • A sky-lit anatomy theatre with anatomical specimens in jars and a suspended skeleton. Colour acquatint by J. C. Stadler after A. Pugin, 1815.
  • A sky-lit anatomy theatre with anatomical specimens in jars and a suspended skeleton. Colour acquatint by J. C. Stadler after A. Pugin, 1815.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • Edward Jenner and two colleagues seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, the dead smallpox victims are littered at their feet. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808.
  • A man drawing the silhouette of a seated woman on translucent paper suspended in a frame and lit by a candle. Etching by J.R. Schellenberg, 1783.
  • A heavily pregnant woman walking a road littered with risks to her death: reducing risks of child birth in Uganda. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 1998.
  • A heavily pregnant woman walking a road littered with risks to her death: reducing risks of child birth in Uganda. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 1998.
  • The flame of a candle against a night sky littered with coloured stars; advertisement for the 13th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization on Sunday May 19 1996. Colour lithograph.
  • A birthday cake with lit candles and a message that age won't provide protection from AIDS; advertisement for the AIDS Helpline by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.