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  • A man whispers into the ear of another man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.
  • A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.
  • A father has died and is mourned by his wife and children, as his eldest son returns from the wars, distraught by his arrival too late to see his father alive. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1781, after J.B. Greuze.
  • A soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain the crowd. Lithograph by Benjamin Roubaud, 1833.
  • A warning about AIDS and drugs; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [STOP AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Saint Gregory the Great: elected pope, he receives obeisance from the cardinals. Engraving by S.C. Miger, 1770, after C. van Loo.
  • The transfer of the coffins of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette, to the church St. Denis in Paris on 21 January 1815. Etching with engraving, 1815.
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers greeted with sympathy at Modder River Camp, after their trials at Magersfontein. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after R. Thiele.
  • A corkboard pinned with numerous articles, photographs, illustrations and objects relating to AIDS and sexual health by SOA Stichting, Utrecht. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
  • Property of Jo Spence?.
  • An old lady sitting at her dressing table mirror holding flowers, two younger women are putting feathers in her hair. Etching attributed to J. Falck after B. Strozzi.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Line engraving by Carl August Schwerdgeburth, 1832.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Etching by W. Unger, 1882, after Carl August Schwerdgeburth, 1831.