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  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching with aquatint by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • Samson kills the lion with his bare hands. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • AIDS prevention advert by the NRA
  • Double picture: Shiva protecting his devotee from Yama, the God of Death (left), Khandoba as a Mahratta horseman spearing a demon. Transfer lithograph.
  • Rama fighting his sons Lava and Kusa with Hanuman helping. Watercolour drawing.
  • Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.
  • An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.
  • Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • Hanuman defeating demons in Sri Lanka while Sita sits under a tree; Bhima killing Jarasamdha watched by Krishna. Transfer lithograph.
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Valérie, a woman wearing a hat with the message: "Battle of hope" and a quote "it took my skin ... safeguard yours"; an advertisement about AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Ludwig Georg von Gottes Gnaden Marggraff zu Baaden und Hochberg ... : Demnach den letzt fürgewester Engen Grenz Versammlung in Ulm Occasione der in dem Bannat Temesvvar, Fürstenhum Siebengebürgen / und anderen Orthen im Königreich Hungarn / sich unter den Menschen hervorgethaner gefährlichen Seuche halber nachstehender Schluss abgefast worden : Welchergestalten sich vor einiger Zeit in dem Bannat Temesvvar, nicht weniger in dem Fürstenhum Siebengebürgen und andernandern Orten in dem Königreich Hungarn eine gefährliche Seuche unter denen Menschen hiervor gethan ... den allen Städten / flechen und Dörffern zu publiciren / und an denen Rath-häusern oder anderen gewöhnlichen Orten offentlich zu affigeren. Signatum in Ulm/ den 10. Novembr. 1738 / Der Fürsten und Stände des löbl. Schwäblichen Grenzes den gegenwärtig versammleten Engern Convent anwesende Räthe / Bottschaffter und Gesandte. (L.S.) ... Signatum Rastadt den 22ten Novembris 1738. Louis W. zu Baaden. Ad mandatum serenissimi Domini Marchionis proprium. Schmid de Wellenburg.
  • A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.
  • People linking hands running along a pier across water in 5 versions of the same photograph; an advertisement for World AIDS Day by the Ministério de Saude Programa Nacional de Controle das DST/AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Sea monsters fighting. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • Safe, sex & drugs : rejoignez AIDES pour un monde sans sida : retouvez-nous au 0805 160 011 ou sur www. aides.org / AIDES.
  • Safe, sex & drugs : rejoignez AIDES pour un monde sans sida : retouvez-nous au 0805 160 011 ou sur www. aides.org / AIDES.
  • Enjoy healthy eating : a tasty challenge : free recipes inside / Health Education Authority ; recipes by Dawn Stock.
  • Enjoy healthy eating : a tasty challenge : free recipes inside / Health Education Authority ; recipes by Dawn Stock.
  • Enjoy healthy eating : a tasty challenge : free recipes inside / Health Education Authority ; recipes by Dawn Stock.
  • Enjoy healthy eating : a tasty challenge : free recipes inside / Health Education Authority ; recipes by Dawn Stock.
  • Enjoy healthy eating : a tasty challenge : free recipes inside / Health Education Authority ; recipes by Dawn Stock.
  • Enjoy healthy eating : a tasty challenge : free recipes inside / Health Education Authority ; recipes by Dawn Stock.
  • A centaur fighting a triton on a sea shore, while in the background another centaur is embraced by a nereid. Etching attributed to J. de Ribera.
  • A fight between two men is interrupted by a woman representing mercy, pleading on behalf of the losing party. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1848, after W. Etty.
  • A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • 'Let's do it here' ... safely : Paul Johnson, oil on canvas / Gay Men's Health, C Card.
  • 'Let's do it here' ... safely : Paul Johnson, oil on canvas / Gay Men's Health, C Card.