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  • A variegated tulip (Tulipa species) and blue flag iris (Iris versicolor): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A postcard with a pressed sprig of Edeilweiss and ribbon of Belgium flag, saluting the Belgium soldiers. Pressed flower on card.
  • A bottle of alcoholic drink with a red flag attached to it; advertising the danger of driving after drinking. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • The reverse side of a flag and dress coat which it is claimed belongs to the Dijon infantry. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.
  • Five men hold a flag which they use to dig; advertisement for gay men to use precautions by Gay Men Fighting Aids. Colour lithograph.
  • Clean well trained children saluting the Red Flag, with scenes showing the need for cleanliness and hygiene among Chinese children. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).
  • The American flag with skulls and crossbones replacing the stars; a protest against President George H.W. Bush's policies on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1992.
  • Iris graminea L. Iridaceae Grass-leaved flag. Flower de Luce. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe. This is probably the Iris bulbosa minor sive angustifolia [the lesser bulbed or narrow-leaved Iris], Lesser bulbed Flower de luce of Parkinson (1640). He advised that the properties of all Flag Irises were more or less the same, but says there is no agreement about the properties of the bulbous kinds (such as this plant). Of the Flag Irises, Culpeper (1650) writes that the roots 'resist poison, help shortness of the breath, prove the terms [menstruation]
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III on horseback with a smiling Queen Victoria, a flag-draped coffin, and a battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1867?].
  • The word 'AIDS' in the colours of the West German flag, advertising the Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher AIDS-Stiftungen. Colour lithograph by General Idea, ca. 1989 (?).
  • A yellow quarantine flag, signalling yellow fever, raised on a ship anchored at sea some distance from a port. Watercolour by E. Schwarz-Lenoir, 1920/1950 (?).
  • A group of boys with a flag and weapons take hold of one boy who is attempting to escape. Lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Robert Farrier.
  • Boer War: nuns and a policeman taking down the Red Cross flag from the bomb damaged convent at Mafeking, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after S. Robinson.
  • Holmleigh Auxiliary Military Hospital, Harrow: a soldier with amnesia sitting in a room with a huge Union Jack flag on the wall in the background. Photograph, c. 1922.
  • India : a gathering of Hindu ascetics (sadhus) at a religious festival: in the background, the Union flag flies over a British military fortification. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Marianne wearing a Phrygian hat is being chased by a doctor holding an enema and a trade-unionist holding a flag. Colour lithograph by M.R., 25 June 1910.
  • A washing line bearing two inflated condoms and a red and yellow flag representing a safe-sex advertisement during the Brazilian Carnival by Gapa/BS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • [French charity stamp showing a woman gestuting towards a burning town, a French tricolore flag in her right urging people to buy nothing from the Germans: "N'achetez rien aux Allemands"].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III, death showing his handiwork, a weeping Britannia beside a child's [?] flag-draped coffin, a sea battle, and a land battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1871?].
  • Two young men with bare chests with an American flag wrapped around them, one holds a condom; advertisement for safe sex by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Warwick May.
  • The gates of Greenwich Hospital, flanked by a sailor holding a Union Flag, and a Pensioner on crutches: naval paraphernalia at the base of the print. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].
  • Russo-Japanese War: two Red Cross officers with a wounded Japanese soldier; in the foreground, a bamboo pole surmounted by the Red Cross flag is tied to a dead tree. Coloured woodcut, 1904.
  • Three figures wearing AIDS red ribbons, one holding a flag, stand hand in hand against the sun representing the fight against AIDS; issued by the AIDS Secretariat of the Bahamas. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • The German flag is being pulled by the Allies from under a dachshund representing Germany; representig the seizure of German colonies by the Allies in the First World War. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
  • A red flag with yellow and black against a green and blue background with the words in French: "The breath of life" representing an advertisement for AIDE, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • An episode in the revolutionary war in China, 1911: the revolutionary army, on a hill (left), ambushes part of the imperial army (right) as the latter approaches a city flying the republican flag. Chromolithograph by T. Miyano.
  • The coloured silhouettes of a girl holding a kite bearing the flag of Venezuela, a man and woman, a dog and a dove representing an AIDS prevention advertisement for families. Colour lithograph by Marco Caamaño, ca. 1995.
  • A woman wearing a decorative dress and head band waves a large flag bearing the words 'Stop AIDS Now'; an advertisement for Women Unite Against AIDS by the Johannesburg City AIDS Prevention Programme. Colour lithograph by Charlotte Preden, ca. 1990's.