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  • A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.
  • A variety of Native Indian accessories and musical instruments with a warning to get children hooked on cultural pastimes rather than let them get involved in teen pregnancy, drugs and alcohol that can lead to AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases; advertisement by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Colour lithograph by Stewart Tilger and Christine P. Salvador.
  • A group of children holding song books and singing. Process print after Marie Seymour Lucas.
  • The world of If : the 5th Ivory Castle fairy book / D. & W. Gibbs Ltd.
  • A mother looks forlornly at her new baby in her husband's arms: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Council of Nigeria , ca. 1993.
  • Gymnastic exercises for 7-8 year olds in China. Colour lithograph, 1973.
  • A man discusses the care of his 3 children below with his brother: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Council of Nigeria , ca. 1993.
  • A mother looks forlornly at her new baby in her husband's arms: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Council of Nigeria , ca. 1993.
  • Charlie Bray in character as a Dutch girl. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Charlie Bray in character as a Dutch girl. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Engraving after M. Buchinger, 1724.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Marker for the grave of children. Oil painting on wrought iron.
  • Dirty Vlas the organ-grinder demonstrating that people who spit or crack sunflower-seeds spread tuberculosis and are therefore enemies of the people's health. Colour lithograph by T. Pashkov, 192-.
  • Dirty Vlas the organ-grinder demonstrating that people who spit or crack sunflower-seeds spread tuberculosis and are therefore enemies of the people's health. Colour lithograph by T. Pashkov, 192-.
  • Two homeless orphans (a girl and a young woman) singing ballads to a family. Engraving by J. Romney after W. Gill.
  • The three theological virtues (Hope, Faith and Charity) are standing near an altar above which the Holy Spirit is hovering, while the the four cardinal virtues (Temperance, Justice, Fortitude and Wisdom) are sitting in the foreground. Engraving.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.