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  • Child wearing a halo fixator
  • A heavily jewelled Lakshmi with a halo. Chromolithograph.
  • Female figurine with halo, probably amuletic, bronze, South American Indian
  • Geography: a halo around the sun, at the Pole. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • A Sikh man with a halo sitting on a chair. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • The prophet Muhammad with a halo riding on a horse and greeted by the peoples of north Africa. Gouache painting.
  • William Gladstone in a church, a halo around his head, holding a sword lettered "Disestablishment" behind his back. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • A face with large eyes and a condom as a halo; recommending use of condoms as good behaviour: advertisement by the Terrence Higgins Trust. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A mythological scene: a man kneels with folded hands as he sees a vision of a boy with a halo around his head, as other people look on in amazement. Gouache painting by an Indic artist.
  • A man with a lamp shade on his head surrounded by a halo of light with the words "réveillez-vous" (Wake up!) across his jumper; representing enlightenment about AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Glen Baxter, 1993.
  • Two condoms entwined like a halo against a blue sky with the words 'Die himmlische Geschenk' [the heavenly gift]; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Duisburg e.V. Colour lithograph by Walburga Lieven, GH-Uni Duisburg.
  • Three Japanese saints seated on clouds with haloes. Painting by a Japanese artist.
  • A man and woman with condoms as haloes; advertisement for a club night in aid of the Cork Aids Alliance. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Two condoms hovering like haloes above the heads of a naked man and woman making love; an AIDS, STD prevention and safe sex advertisement by Landstinget Förebygger AIDS (LAFA). Colour lithograph by Vince Reichardt, ca. 1996.
  • A line-drawn nativity scene within a line drawn frame with Mary and Joseph bearing condoms as halos; an image by Marie Antoinette Gorret from a graphic Illustration competition on the theme of 'What does AIDS mean to you?' by the Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.
  • The funeral of Tom Moody, a huntsman: members of the hunt cry "View-halloo" and "Tally-ho!" over his grave. Wood engraving after R. Seymour, 1831.
  • Multi-sized beads (constellation stained), fluorescence
  • Saint George standing on a pedestal. Gouache after Fra Angelico (?).
  • Astronomy: an atmospheric condition producing sun dogs, giving the effect of two suns. Engraving by F.R. Hay, 1820, after W.M. (?) Craig.
  • The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.
  • The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.
  • The infant Aesculapius discovered by shepherds on a mountain. Watercolour painting by R. Dadd, 1851.
  • Krishna (?) playing the flute. Pouncing.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Drypoint by Torras.
  • Saint George. Engraving by N. de Larmessin after Raphael, 1729.
  • A naked woman holds a condom up hiding the genital area of a man standing with his pants down and his hands on his waist with a speech bubble containing the message "wrap up or clear off!"; an advertisement for safe sex by the Projectgroep Publiekscampagne AIDS/SOA. Colour lithograph.
  • Saint Vincent Ferrer. Woodcut.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene reaches out for the risen Christ; he points away. Mezzotint by J. Murphy after G. Farington, 1781, after P. da Cortona.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene reaches out for the risen Christ; he points away. Engraving by W. Walker, c. 1760, after P. da Cortona.
  • Medical Recipe Collection