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  • A fruit trader's stall in Naples at Christmas: by accident the fruit falls on a customer. Colour lithograph by Gatti and Dura after Gaetano Dura.
  • An accident in front of a fireplace: a young lady and two young men fall injured to the ground next to two guns while billowing smoke fills the room. Engraving by J.W. Cook after W. Harvey.
  • A first-aider tends to a man bleeding profusely after a fall off a broken ladder; a message about HIV/AIDS and accidents in the workplace; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by Amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • Body of man who met with a severe accident by falling from a train platform
  • Saint Bartholomew of Grottaferrata supervising the building of a church; an accident is avoided when a falling column is stayed on the order of one of his disciples. Engraving by P.A. Pozzi after N. Vanni after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • A woman descending the stairs of a steep staircase in the gloom falls into the arms of a man who is ascending. Coloured lithograph, 1844.
  • A house painter on a platform with a waist-high crossbeam to prevent an accidental fall. Colour lithograph by A. Th. Schwarz, ca. 1957.
  • Ascending and descending: (above) people in a balloon; (below) people seated in a rotunda around a pool and in danger of falling into the water. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.
  • A woman falling headfirst through an open cellar-door outside a pharmacy, and a man expressing his concern. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank after G.M. Woodward, 1798.
  • People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.
  • King Ahaziah lies sick after having fallen through an upper window: Elijah foretells his death. Drawing by H.P. Bone.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • A man with an artificial nose. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • World War I: The Red Cross in the trenches.
  • World War I: The Red Cross in the trenches.