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  • Men in a stone quarry are sawing the stone and cutting it into shape. Coloured lithograph.
  • A shape resembling a featureless face, or an eye (?). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1968 (?).
  • A shape resembling a featureless face, or an eye (?). Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1968 (?).
  • A man holding the shape of a heart decorated with roses and holly. Coloured photographic postcard, 193-.
  • A man holding the shape of a heart decorated with roses and holly. Coloured photographic postcard, 193-.
  • A Chinese warrior with mace in shape of an eagle's talon. Colour woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • An armourer is is beating metal into shape as armour for men and horses. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Engineering: rolling mill used to produce gun barrels, with different stages in producing the shape shown below. Engraving c.1861.
  • A statue of a physician as Aesculapius whose shadow forms the shape of a donkey. Pen drawing by Gay-again, 1831.
  • A Greek patriarchal tiara in the shape of an imperial crown from the collection of John Talman. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
  • A boy drawing a heart shape in sand: World Heart Day in Ethiopia in 2001. Colour lithograph by Ethiopian Medical Association, 2001.
  • A baby crawling within a heart shape with a portrait of a family above; an AIDS prevention advertisement from Thailand. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • An old man sits beating metal into shape to make cauldrons and other cooking pots. Photogravure by Goupil & C.ie after Alphonse Legros.
  • Love sex : Durex Extra Safe : extra lubricated slightly thicker easy-on shape for greater comfort : 6 condoms / Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited.
  • Meteorology: the sun in Baffin Bay disperses thick fog in the shape of a semicircle. Coloured etching by P. Fumagalli, 1827, after B. O'Reilly.
  • Love sex : Durex Extra Safe : extra lubricated slightly thicker easy-on shape for greater comfort : 6 condoms / Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited.
  • The world woven into a woollen backdrop bearing the shape of hand prints to commemorate World AIDS Day in Mexico, 1993. Colour lithograph by Gerardo Aguilar, 1993.
  • Mount Vesuvius: the ancient crater and the changing shape of the little mountain within it between 8 and 29 July 1767. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Arms and hands extending from a circular black shape bearing the letters: 'SIDA. Combattre ça! Lutter pour la vie!; an advertisement for the fight against AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • A purse with a hole in it in the shape of a bottle of liquor; representing the expense of drinking alcoholic drinks. Colour lithograph after I. Tarasov, 1987.
  • Photographs from different cities around the world within the shape of the world representing a World AIDS awareness advertisement by the Malaysian Ministry of Health. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Two Indian men: (left) seated, cutting green produce to shape, and (right) carrying a red bag and two bottles of fluid (ink? dye?). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Eve receives the forbidden fruit from a serpent in the shape of a woman; the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.
  • A penis in the shape of a gun labelled with words meaning "think of the condom, thank you"; representing prevention of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Gérard Paris-Clavel, 1993.
  • Four figures with joined arms and heads in the shape of the letters 'AIDS'; advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1 1995 by the American Association for World Health. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • A man and woman from Laos hold hands within the blue outline of a heart shape with the word 'AIDS' within a circular logo below representing an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Hands form the shape of the AIDS red ribbon; with the message in German 'Humanity is contagious. With HIV-positive do not work'; an advertisement by the AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by PK&P.
  • The head and a shoulders of a woman who wears her hair in a ball shape above her forehead with plaits at the side; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • A mandala-like shape with concentric circles of ecstasy pills of various sizes, colours and brands, with a red condom in the centre; representing risk factors for AIDS. Colour lithograph by concept x, 199-.
  • The head and a shoulders of a woman who wears her hair in a ball shape above her forehead with plaits at the side; she also wears a high ruff. Engraving by P. Galle.