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  • Australian Academy of Science : the new moon / photonicrograph: Professor J. Lovering ; text : Dr. S. R. Taylor.
  • Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.
  • A woman alone in choppy water against a sombre sky with the moon and the sun. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1963.
  • A woman alone in choppy water against a sombre sky with the moon and the sun. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1963.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • Astronomy: the moon goddess (Diana), in her chariot drawn by a pair of women. Engraving by C. Lasinio, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H. Goudt, 1613, after A. Elsheimer, 1609.
  • Lugano by night with a pink condom as the moon. Colour lithograph by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health.
  • Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • A standing girl holding one hand up towards the moon and with her other hand shielding her eyes from the sun. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1972.
  • A standing girl holding one hand up towards the moon and with her other hand shielding her eyes from the sun. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1972.
  • The Virgin Mary, immaculately conceived, descends from heaven, a sickle moon beneath her feet. Engraving by F-E-A. Bridoux, 1845, after B.E. Murillo, ca. 1650.
  • Lausanne by night with a pink condom as the moon. Colour lithograph by Aide Suisse contre le SIDA in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health.
  • Geneva by night, with a pink condom as the moon. Colour lithograph by Aide Suisse contre le SIDA , in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health.
  • A robber holding a cudgel is leaning against a wall waiting to attack and rob a man who is walking along a path under a full moon. Colour lithograph.
  • Masque in honour of King Charles III of Spain: three chariots carrying pagan deities of the moon, the earth and fire. Etching by A.J. Defehrt after F. Tramullas, 1764.
  • A headless white figure with an erect penis running to the right with a moon to the left against a black background; a 'Stop AIDS' advertisement. Lithograph by L. Drewinski.
  • An owl spreads its wings clutching its prey beneath the moon; warning that AIDS is a prolonged death by the American Indian Health Care Assocation. Colour lithograph by Christopher Sheriff, 1989.
  • An owl spreads its wings clutching its prey beneath the moon; warning that AIDS is a prolonged death by the American Indian Health Care Assocation. Colour lithograph by Christopher Sheriff, 1989.
  • The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
  • The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Process print after Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
  • King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
  • The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.
  • The sun lighting the moon within a blue and orange background representing an AIDS and HIV prevention advertisement for an event organised by the Japan HIV Centre in 1992. Colour lithograph by N. Tanaka, 1992.
  • The sun lighting the moon within a blue and orange background representing an AIDS and HIV prevention advertisement for an event organised by the Japan HIV Centre in 1992. Colour lithograph by N. Tanaka, 1992.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • The deity En no Ozunu (?) in a leaf cloak, with his hands in mudra (a sacred gesture), seated on a rock, with a wine-jar on a low table before him and the sun and moon above. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.
  • A naked woman and a suited man reach towards a condom packet as a man dressed in a long black cloak and hat holding a cat looms up behind with the moon beyond; a safe sex and anti-AIDS advertisement by Infoshare International. Colour lithograph, 1995.