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  • A man with a moustache and bare feet wearing a check shirt rests his arms on one knee with the message: "You can stop the virus. I use condoms"; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph.
  • The side profile of the face of Feroz, a black man with a moustache with speech bubbles containing a conversation with Carlo about the use of condoms; advertisement for safe sex by the N.I.A.D. (Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs). Colour lithograph by Laren, Tadberg Design.
  • A man with a moustache and waistcoat with one hand in his pocket with the message in Italian: "I have AIDS. And I'm afraid of your fear"; one of a series safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' solidarity campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Lithograph by Christian Vogt.
  • A man with a moustache points his finger with the message: 'Ohne gummi auf den Strich, so was tut Mann lieber nicht! [Without rubber/condoms on the streets, so what do men prefer no to!]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A gay man licks the ear of his companion as they sit on a bench alongside a transvestite holding a fan and a man with a moustache with a crowd beyond; within a border of pink curtains held up by two naked male figures; an advertisement for the Mayence Rosé, the 7th Mainz gay cultural festival held at the Mainzer Kammerspiele [theatre] from 11 to 31 January 1997. Colour lithograph.
  • A man with a beard and moustache with one hand in his pocket wearing a dark jumper bearing two white lines; with the message in Italian: "Am I a human being or just a sick person with AIDS"; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' solidarity campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Lithograph by Christian Vogt.
  • A Mughal courtier with long drooping moustaches, gesticulates with his arm. Watercolour drawing by an Indian artist.
  • Two men with stubble and moustaches kissing representing an advertisement for the Northwest AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Heath Printers.
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's Station) ... Whit Monday May 25th and during the week : Great attractions entire change ... Rabbi Joselman ... Mr. A. Broadhurst the surprise of the Chicago exhibition, with a beard over 7 feet long and a moustache 3 feet in length : Wonderful living freak of nature, the armless Midget Lady stands only 32 inches in height, born without hands or arms, and goes through a marvellous performance with her feet ...
  • Wonderland Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's Station) ... Whit Monday May 25th and during the week : Great attractions entire change ... Rabbi Joselman ... Mr. A. Broadhurst the surprise of the Chicago exhibition, with a beard over 7 feet long and a moustache 3 feet in length : Wonderful living freak of nature, the armless Midget Lady stands only 32 inches in height, born without hands or arms, and goes through a marvellous performance with her feet ...
  • Male prisoners are sitting with their legs in stocks and their hands tied as men in turbans cut off their hair and moustaches. Etching.
  • Two men with moustaches feel each others bodies with a list of unsafe and safe sex practices; advertisement by the Victorian AIDS Council. Colour lithograph.
  • A man with long moustaches (E. Viol?) seated behind a white clothed table which is filled with pharmacy jars and other objects from the collection of E. Viol. Photograph.
  • Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
  • Opening of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel: a group of soldiers with false moustaches and beards stand with swords, a mace and a furled flag. Wood engraving by C.J.B. (?) after R. Linklater, 1871.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man with long moustaches, prisoner number 13821, his eyes are closed and he is held in a restraint-chair by his wrists and neck; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man with long moustaches, prisoner number 13821, his eyes are closed and he is held in a restraint-chair by his wrists and neck; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Two bare-chested men wearing jeans and moustaches hold each other with the message in German: "My friend is [HIV] positive. I love him"; an advertisement by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by I. Taubhorn and W. Mudra.
  • Patient affected with ichthyosis hystrix of unusual extent
  • Chinese woodcut: Various facial boils and abscesses
  • A Scotsman and his female companion swap his kilt and her trousers after going to the public baths. Colour process print after BF, 195-.
  • A Scotsman and his female companion swap his kilt and her trousers after going to the public baths. Colour process print after BF, 195-.
  • Portrait of Henry S. Wellcome, 1890.
  • Male écorché figure, rear view, with one arm raised above its head. Pen and ink drawing by C. Kerr, ca. 1874.
  • Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.
  • Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.
  • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1878.
  • Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.
  • Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.