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  • Two prostitutes stand on a street waiting for clients; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of AIDS by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • Moll Hackabout, dressed in fine clothes, is beating hemp, used for making rope, with a mallet, in a prison with other inmates who are mostly prostitutes. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A red stiletto heel wearing a condom against a turquoise and black crocodile skin background; an advertisement by Hydra, a meeting and counselling place for prostitutes. Colour lithograph by Sehstern Kommunikation.
  • Two young men are approached by a prostitute: she is a clothed skeleton holding a made-up mask in front of her face, representing syphilis. Lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • Two young men are approached by a prostitute: she is a clothed skeleton holding a made-up mask in front of her face, representing syphilis. Lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • Dressed in fine clothes Moll Hackabout beats hemp with a mallet, which will be used to make rope; she is in prison with other inmates who are mostly prostitutes. Engraving after William Hogarth.
  • Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after J. Sheringham, 1821.
  • A prostitute gives evidence to a magistrate: she points towards Tom Idle dividing loot with his accomplice, as a corpse is being disposed of through a trapdoor. Engraving by Thomas Cook, 1795, after William Hogarth.
  • Myth, only prostitutes, homosexuals and 'slack' people go to sexual health clinics so its not for me : Fact, people who use sexual health clinics are people with the sense to get tested / Shaka Services.
  • Myth, only prostitutes, homosexuals and 'slack' people go to sexual health clinics so its not for me : Fact, people who use sexual health clinics are people with the sense to get tested / Shaka Services.
  • A prostitute leading an old man into the bedroom and taking money from him; implying that her services will act like a tonic and preserve his state of health. Coloured etching, 18--, after T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • A prostitute wearing a mini skirt and sun glasses holding bank notes with one hand on her hip; a woman lying sick in bed with AIDS; a warning about the dangers of unsafe sex and AIDS by Programa Compañeros. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Girls watching cars cruise and pick up teenage prostitutes representing today's behaviour and tomorrow's results represented by a girl dying of AIDS in bed and a pregnant teenager; a warning about safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Two figures lying down having a blood transfusion, a penis with and without a purple condom, a bearded man offering another a syringe and a prostitute accepting money from a customer who sits on a bike; cartoons advertising the dangers of infection and AIDS. Colour lithograph by the AIDS-Hilfe Krefeld e.V.
  • A prostitute dressed in a pvc belted mini-skirt, open jacket, gloves, fishnet stockings and a skimpy blue top leans against a wall with the question: "I do it with [condoms] - do you too?"; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Jörg Reichardt and Augenblitz.
  • A prostitute dressed in a pvc belted mini-skirt, open jacket, gloves, fishnet stockings and a skimpy blue top leans against a wall with the question: "I do it with [condoms] - do you too?"; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Jörg Reichardt and Augenblitz.
  • A woman pushes a trolley down a dilapidated street in Lima, Peru representing poverty; with 4 smaller images depicting social issues associated with AIDS including packets of money in bank safes, drugs and male prostitutes; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Pecos, the Programa Especial de Control del SIDA. Colour lithograph by Juan L. Gargurevich, ca. 1995.
  • A man puts his hand into his purse to pay for the services of a young woman, as another hands her a pair of earrings. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier.
  • A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • Moll Hackabout dangles a watch and a poxed maid ("bunter") empties the contents of a jug, while Sir John Gonson, a magistrate, and a group of bailiffs enter the room to arrest her. Engraving after William Hogarth, 1732.
  • The Magdalen Hospital, St George's Fields, Southwark. Engraving by J. Taylor after Winton.
  • Ich will dich, du willst mich, ganz klar. Colour lithograph by D.U.T.T.A. and Augenblitz.
  • A promiscuous woman dressed in red with a map of the Americas behind her; warning American servicemen against sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after F. Williams, 194-.
  • Rahab hangs the scarlet cord from her window. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • Dr Samuel Eady and two women patients. Watercolour by Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1825.
  • Dr Samuel Eady and two women patients. Watercolour by Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1825.
  • The Magdalen Hospital, St George's Fields, Southwark. Engraving.
  • The Magdalen Hospital, St George's Fields, Southwark, with a scale beneath. Engraving, 1771.
  • The Magdalen Hospital, St George's Fields, Southwark. Engraving by Eastgate.