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  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Amasamang, Ghana: Semanu, a medicine man, and his two assistants, all wearing white robes, standing beside a sign advertising his services. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • An animated pedestrian crossing sign hung with a blackboard containing a message of caution in crossing the road. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden, ca. 1940-1950.
  • Deaf actors using sign language perform a play about Don Guzman to an audience in St Saviour's church hall, London. Wood engraving by G. Durand, 1877.
  • A Pakistani man and woman within a red no entry sign representing a warning about the dangers of unsafe sex and AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • The male sign with a condom on the arrow representing an advertisement for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by DMB&B NZ and Rob Poulton.
  • A finger marked with a "lost property" sign, as a warning of the danger of looms to textile workers. Gouache painting attributed to John Bonella Third, 1949.
  • A naked woman's body soiled with palm prints, but protected from AIDS by a "Stop AIDS" sign over her vagina. Colour lithograph after V. Kozlík, 1989 (?).
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving by T. Cook, c. 1800, after W. Hogarth.
  • The month October and the sign of Scorpio, represented by the vintage and by the parable of the unjust husbandmen. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • The month May and the sign Gemini, represented by a hilly landscape in spring and Christ and the woman of Samaria. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • The month April and the sign of Taurus, represented by a village in spring, and by the parable of the sower. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • Two cartoon figures of women and two men look up at a sign announcing 'Safer sex is a package': an advertisement for HIV and sexual health education. Colour lithograph.
  • The month July and the sign of Leo, represented by a rural landscape in summer and Christ as the Good Shepherd. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • Two cartoon figures of women and two men look up at a sign announcing 'Safer sex is a package': an advertisement for HIV and sexual health education. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman holds open a door bearing sign 'Jillian Doran: Health Advisor' with text explaining process of HIV testing; an advertisement by the Hounslow Council's Corporate AIDS/HIV Unit. Colour lithograph.
  • An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • Saint Peter Celestine: a house is set on fire by devils, but he fights against it with the prayer and the sign of the Cross. Engraving by A. [?] van Merlen.
  • The month September and the sign of Libra, represented by people gathering fruit from trees and the parable of the barren fig tree. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah, riding a coach horse, knocks Dr. Slop off his pony, a sign points to Shandy Hall. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • The month January and the sign of Aquarius, represented by a winter landscape, the dream of Saint Joseph, and the Flight into Egypt. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • The month February and the sign of Pisces, represented by a fishing port by a city gate and by Christ's calling of the disciples. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.
  • The month August and the sign of Virgo, represented by harvest time and the disciples of Christ plucking of ears of corn on the Sabbath. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • The month November and the sign of Sagittarius, represented by winter activities, a fire in a city, and by the parable of the great supper. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.
  • A pregnant school girl in tears walks past a school sign followed by her mother holding a large suitcase: family planning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Family Planning Association of Kenya, ca. 1991.
  • A dove stands on crossed keys holding in its wings a chart showing the good, bad or indifferent effects of each sign of the zodiac on different human activities. Engraving by P. Miotte, 16--.