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  • A corrupt old man tries to seduce a woman by urging her to take a hypnotic draught in her drink. Coloured lithograph by C. Motte.
  • A corrupt old man tries to seduce a woman by urging her to take a hypnotic draught in her drink. Coloured lithograph by C. Motte.
  • The workplace of a shoemender next to a tavern: the shoemender has gone next door for a drink in the company of the barman. Lithograph by N.L. Delaunois, 1832, after E.J. Pigal.
  • A cook complains about a burnt dish to another cook who is chopping onions. Etching by T. Ribot.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • Two children dressed in jester's clothes perform a dance. Lithograph by C. Thielley, 1851, after E. de Beaumont.
  • Atala receiving her last communion from the missionary Père Aubry, while her dog and Chactas are crouching at the end of her camp in a mountain cave. Stipple print with etching by Fortier and J.P. Simon after Jean Baptiste Mallet.
  • A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • Children playing at being adults; a boy sits at his dressing table having his hair dressed by a boy pretending to be a hair-dresser; another boy in the background folds clothes. Coloured lithograph by C. Bargue after H. de Montaut.
  • The heads and shoulders of five male hair-dressers. Coloured lithograph by Jules Platier, 1840.
  • A rhinoceros with a phallic-like horn and an elongated condom with the message in French: "What distinguishes humans from animals is (it is said) intelligence"; a statement about AIDS. Colour silk screen print after A. Le Quernec, 1993.
  • Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by A. de Valmont, 1825, after A. Canova.
  • Pierre-Eloi Fouquier. Lithograph by A. Maurin.
  • Giovanni Domenico Cassini. Lithograph by F.C., 1827.
  • Saint Augusta. Coloured lithograph.
  • People purchasing drinks from a cocoa vendor as others sit resting under a tree in fog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1827.
  • A woman inn-keeper and her cook stand outside the hotel watching the arrival of a coach in the high street. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • A landlord, while fishing, reads property advertisements in the newspaper and exclaims at the levels of rent being asked. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • A demon stealing albums from a print-seller's stall. Lithograph by Charlet, 1825.
  • competition for posters of images against AIDS
  • A collage directed by downward arrows of a photograph of a man, a woman, a drawing of a bed and a condom interpersed with lettering relating to a couple who meet but then come into contact with AIDS; one of a series of posters representing an advertisement for a competition for posters of images against AIDS. Colour lithograph by Delphine Chanet.
  • Babies at a maternity hospital refusing to breast feed until the Houses (of Parliament) are dissolved. Coloured lithograph by J.E. Chaponnière, 1831.
  • An advertisement for AIDS prevention by AJCS
  • The burial of Atala outside her cave in the mountains. Stipple print with etching by J.P. Simon after J.B. Mallet.
  • A nun brings some refreshment to a feverish patient, with a poem by Legouvé. Coloured lithograph by J.P. Moynet, 1846.
  • An elephant and a leopard confront each other on opposite sides of a stream in an Indian desert. Coloured lithograph by E. Leroux after A.-G. Decamps, 1853.
  • A black man in shorts and an open top with another man leaning on his shoulders behind him with the message in French: "Hey pal, pass me a condom!'; advertisement by AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by Pierre-Yves Perez, 1994.
  • A distressed young woman protests her innocence and prays before the judge and the counsel of the Spanish inquisition. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1839, after S.J.E. Jones.
  • An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as the Virgin of Sorrows. Lithograph by L.S. Marin-Lavigne after B.E. Murillo.