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  • Krishna freeing his parents (Vasudeo and Devki) from prison. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.
  • A ragged man sitting huddled in a cube prison cell bearing the words 'SIDA' with a rat on the opposite side as a man beneath attempts to drill an escape hole in the floor; an advertisement for AIDS week in prisons from 11th to 13th December 1989 by the Comisiones Ciudadanas Anti-SIDA de Alava, Bizkaia, Guipúzcoa y Navarra and the Federación de Comités y Comisiones Ciudadanas Anti-SIDA del Estado Español. Colour lithograph by Hdez. Landazabal, 1989.
  • Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Justice begins at home : President Obama defends sexual rights... do you? / Positive Justice Project ; IPPF.
  • Daniel praying in the lion's den. Lithograph.
  • As Samson breaks his bonds, Delilah pulls back the curtain to reveal her soldiers. Engraving after J.F. Rigaud.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Justice begins at home : President Obama defends sexual rights... do you? / Positive Justice Project ; IPPF.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Daniel in the lions' den. Oil painting by a Netherlandish painter, 17th century.
  • Daniel trapped with lions. Mezzotint by J. Smith.
  • Daniel in the lions' den. Oil painting by a Netherlandish painter, 17th century.
  • A mouse nibbles through a net in which a lion is caught; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.
  • Surrounded by lions, Daniel prays for his life. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1794, after P.P. Rubens.
  • The family of Jean Calas say goodbye to him as he is taken from prison to be executed. Engraving by D. Chodowiecki after himself.
  • Woking Convict Invalid Prison: five women prisoners convicted of infanticide. Process print after Paul Renouard, 1889.
  • Christ lies on the ground, beaten and mocked. Etching by L. Simonneau after himself.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, in the gardens of the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857.
  • Christ bound and beaten by Jews. Etching by Heinrich Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1850.
  • Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, in the gardens of the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • The binding and flagellation of Christ. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • The flagellation of Christ. Etching by H. Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and handed a reed as a mock sceptre. Line engraving by S.A. Bolswert after A. van Dyck.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and beaten with sticks. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.