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  • A balloon flies over a park with marquees and bunting where crowds of people are gathered. Coloured lithograph.
  • A train has arrived at a station to be welcomed by crowds of people with banners. Wood engraving.
  • Christ, seated in a boat, pacifies the crowds on the shore. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • A giant spider catching crowds of humans in its web; representing tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by B. Cascella, ca. 1920.
  • Epsom, Surrey: the Derby; crowds of racegoers viewing the horses' form in the paddock. Colour lithograph after I. Cullin, 1892.
  • Daniel Defoe is standing in the pillory while soldiers have to restrain crowds from throwing flowers at him. Wood engraving.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A paralysed man is lowered down through the roof so Christ can reach him through the crowds. Wood engraving by A. Gaber.
  • The Royal Hotel, Slough, with a train arriving at the adjacent railway station attended by mounted guardsmen and cheering crowds. Engraving, 184-.
  • Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • Crowds of people are thronging the streets of Westminster, with traders hawking their wares and others arguing, and so much noise and bustle the horse and carriage is nearly overturned. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • Crowds of people advertising the AIDS Walk in New York on 31 May 1992 to benefit the Gay Men's Health Crisis. Colour lithograph by Richard Martin Design and Craig Miller, Richard Zeichik and Associates.
  • A procession of carriages watched by crowds lining the streets, with soldiers on parade: a hot-air balloon flies overhead. Coloured engraving, 1814.
  • A sick man being carried on a litter towards a standing bearded male figure; watched by crowds of people. Pen and ink drawing.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with crowds round a burning building carved on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • A white doctor vaccinating a African child, surrounded by crowds of women and children waiting to be vaccinated. Process print by Meisenbach after a photograph.
  • Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.
  • An auto-da-fé in the Great Square in Madrid with the inquisitors pronouncing the sentences to the accused and the crowds on the tribunes. Engraving.
  • Troops attending a muster in Scotland play the game of popinjay, watched by crowds of local people. Engraving by J. Carter, 1836, after R.B. Davis.
  • The balloon "Royal Victoria" being launched at night by Charles Green at Vauxhall Gardens, London, watched by crowds of people. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1878.
  • Crowds of people are out walking on Brighton pier: a woman is being pushed in a bath chair, a large lady is carrying a parasol, and three young women are being scrutinised by a variety of men. Wood engraving.
  • A man at a dispensary counter raises his arms in despair before crowds of waiting people: importance of family planning in Ghana. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health Ghana, ca. 2000.
  • Bartholomew fair in London represented as a place where crowds of people watch entertainments inspired by the devil, and indulge in drunkenness and fighting; demons incite them to crime. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.
  • Silhouette of crowds standing before the AIDS Memorial quilt in front of the Whitehouse in Washington ; advertisement by ACT-UP for an AIDS demonstration on Friday October 6th 1989. Colour lithograph by B. Rader, 1989.
  • The election of a parish beadle in England: crowds thronging the entrance to the polling station, including supporters of the rival candidates, Spruggins and Bung, who expect to be elected according to the large number of their dependents. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1836.
  • Recto: Men and women dressed in white holding up a section of the 'Patchwork of Names' [AIDS memorial quilt] with a couple holding hands below, further details of people working on the quilt and a view of crowds with the quilt on the ground; verso: text in four blocks referring to the origin of 'Le Patchwork des Nomes' in France and extract quotes from dedications that appear on the quilt. Colour lithograph by Sophie Vinualés.
  • Recto: Men and women dressed in white holding up a section of the 'Patchwork of Names' [AIDS memorial quilt] with a couple holding hands below, further details of people working on the quilt and a view of crowds with the quilt on the ground; verso: text in four blocks referring to the origin of 'Le Patchwork des Nomes' in France and extract quotes from dedications that appear on the quilt. Colour lithograph by Sophie Vinualés.