Slaves harvesting cinnamon near Colombo, Sri Lanka. Line engraving by Mutlow.

A happy Sri Lankan family with a warning about the importance of limiting sexual partners to prevent the spread of AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Health Education Bureau of Sri Lanka. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A man and woman holding each other within a heart edged with barbed wire representing a warning about the importance of monogamy to help prevent the spread of AIDS; an advertisement by the Health Education Bureau of Sri Lanka. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Two children making a sandcastle by the sea out of which looms a sinister looking man with a camera around his neck, a yellow hat who brandishes green dollar notes; a yellow-eyed hairy beast lurks behind him; with Sinhalese lettering; a warning about child sex tourism and AIDS prevention issued by Peace (Protecting Environment and children Everywhere). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

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