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  • The castle at Verneuil near Paris. Etching.
  • A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot.
  • The yearly Ommegang pageant in Antwerp, 1685. Engraving by G. Bouttats.
  • An innkeeper adds water to his wine as his customer, a baker, kisses the landlady. Engraving by J. Lagniet, ca. 1663.
  • A Christian man being shaved while a Turk sharpens his scimitar on a whetstone behind, surrounded by representations of virtues and proverbs; representing the exposure of Europe to a Turkish invader. Engraving.
  • A Christian man being shaved while a Turk sharpens his scimitar on a whetstone behind; representing the exposure of Europe to a Turkish invader. Engraving.
  • A drunken street brawl between four young colporteurs and a man, with two accompanying couplets. Etching, 16th century (?).
  • The Duke of Marlborough bursting out of his tomb to protest against a song about him which had become popular in France in 1782. Etching, 1783.
  • "The adventures of Mr Preso" with a condom holding various items including an ice cream, a bunch of flowers, a heart and a banana; advertisement for condom cards by ADIS, Association Départementale d'Information sur le SIDA et de Solidarité. Colour lithograph by Pascal, 1985.
  • "The adventures of Mr Preso": a condom holding an ice cream, a bunch of flowers, a heart and a banana; advertisement for condom cards. Colour lithograph by Pascal Blondeau, 1994, for ADIS, Association Départementale d'Information sur le SIDA et de Solidarité.
  • A blurred view of the back of a man wearing a coat with a warning 'Don't allow AIDS to destroy friendship'; an advertisement for the AIDS Information Line by the Stichting AIDS Fonds. Colour lithograph.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Etching by G. Reni.
  • A man on a beach trying to blow up an inflatable lifebelt for children who look on; representing the breath-problems that occur to smokers. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2000.
  • Jan de Doot, a man who extracted a bladder-stone from himself. Reproduction of an engraving, after C. Visscher.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Catherine of Alexandria. Line engraving after Agostino Carracci after P. Veronese.
  • Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a general view. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.
  • An elaborate cross-section of Noah's ark, detailing the storing of provisions and livestock; scenes of loading and construction. Line engraving.
  • Cornelius de Venne. Line engraving.
  • Rome, Palazzo Farnese: paintings of the loves of the gods by Annibale Carracci. Engraving by P. Bettelini and G. Volpato after A. Carracci, ca. 1800.
  • Fund-raising walk for AIDS in Amsterdam on 2 June 1996
  • The words 'Walk For Life' incorporating the AIDS red ribbon representing an advertisement for a fund-raising walk for AIDS in Amsterdam on 2 June 1996 by Stichting AIDS Fonds. Colour lithograph by Marga van Liemt.
  • A woman sitting at her dressing table; a hunter with a gun stands to the left, a maidservant to the right. Engraving by F.R. Ingouf, 1771, after G. Metsu.
  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • Claude Deshayes Gendron. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1787, after H. Rigaud.
  • A woman whispers into the ear of a man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.
  • A man whispers into the ear of another man 'Turn it on' with an AIDS helpline; a safe sex advertisement in a collaboration with Leona Detiège, Flemish Minister of Employment and Social Affairs and the condom makers, Durex. Lithograph by VVL/BBDO, ca. 1995.