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  • Two flowers and a heart representing love and life with the words "Liebes Leben"; advertising a touring exhibition about AIDS. Colour lithograph by Studio Andreas Heller for the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, 1995.
  • Four strips of numbered positive photos of four different women with the words: "Frauen Positiv Power'; a message about HIV positive women by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Renate Altermath and Augenblitz.
  • Two flowers and a heart representing love and life with the words "Liebes Leben"; advertising an exhibition about AIDS in Leipzig. Colour lithograph by Studio Andreas Heller for the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, 1995.
  • Three lecherous men gather round a pretty street seller, admiring her rather than her wares. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E. Pigal.
  • The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt the Elder, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767.
  • A man watches as a woman steals money from an old man who is embracing her. Engraving by P. Fürst, 1652.
  • A man watches as a woman steals money from an old man who is embracing her. Engraving by P. Fürst, 1652.
  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • A coachman holding a full tankard of beer in one hand and caressing a lady with the other; verses in Dutch, French and English below. Etching by J. Punt, 1756, after G. van der Myn.
  • The two angels visiting Lot's house in Sodom strike blind the rapacious mob outside. Line engraving by P. Galle after A. Blocklandt.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.
  • The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a young soldier courting a woman carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.
  • A dingy tavern with backgammon players and an amorous couple observing a pregnant woman as she drinks. Mezzotint by J. Stolker after J. Steen.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Words relating to sex litter the page between swirling patterns; representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Gay Men's Health Education Unit. Colour lithograph by Paull McKee.
  • Susanna molested by the elders. Stipple engraving by J. Jenkins, 1823, after P.F. Mola.
  • A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Susanna and the elders. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman junior after Cornelis Schut.
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A fashionable gentleman sits with his arm round a lady by a tavern table as a girl chalks up drinks on a slate. Lithograph after D. Teniers (?).
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • How you can and can't get AIDS
  • An old man sits with his arm round a girl and plies her with drink as his wife watches through a window. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • Susanna molested by the elders. Engraving after P. Caliari, il Veronese.