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  • Items of uniform of British army medical staff with the jackets, tunic sleeves and collars of different ranking officers. Lithograph, c. 1880.
  • To the left a woman wearing the Hungarian (?) national costume comprising a lattice patterned tight-fitting bodice, voluminous skirt, wide sleeves and a head-dress; to the right eight heads of women wearing fashionable head-dresses. Coloured engraving.
  • Joe Huggins, condemned for throttling an old gentleman, is stripped to the waist and kneeling before policemen pleading for mercy while the executioner is rolling up the sleeves of his shirt to begin with the flogging. Wood engraving by J. Swain after Sir J. Tenniel, 1872.
  • A woman in a red dress with puffed sleeves sings beside a pianist representing an advertisement for a benefit concert entitled 'Artists against AIDS. The Big Aria' to support Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe at the Schubertsaal Wiener concert hall in Vienna on 24 October 1987. Colour lithograph.
  • An actor as a Chinese hero wringing out his sleeve. Colour woodcut by Hokkei.
  • In an elegantly furnished room, a courtly young man pulls on a boy page's sleeve; a woman looks on from the next room. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman.
  • A cloaked figure of death bearing the word 'AIDS' on one sleeve and holding syringes that spill blood as if weapons; advertisement for the Sterile Needle Exchange by the Life Foundation Community Health Outreach Program. Colour lithograph.
  • An arm bearing a heart plaster and holding a bag of blood and syringes wrapped in yellow ribbon: appeal for blood donors in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • An ornately dressed girl is carried to a shrine on a man's shoulders, a woman follows her holding her long skirts; there is a sweet seller's stall to the right and a shrine gate to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Dentistry ephemera : Swanson material. Box 4.
  • Dentistry ephemera : Swanson material. Box 7.
  • Publishing ephemera. Box 6.
  • Publishing ephemera. Box 6.
  • A woman lagging a hot-water tank. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman lagging a hot-water tank. Colour lithograph.
  • A man in drag poses wearing a large pink dress. Photograph, 189-.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Clem Matthews in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
  • Clem Matthews in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1910.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Alban Ribemont-Dessaignes, depicted with three pairs of arms. Colour process print after H. Whish, 1913.
  • A woman as Ohara-me, of the Ohara village outside Kyoto, who carries a load of cut flowers on her head, attracting a butterfly. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.
  • Quorn myco-protein : the delicious new food for healthier eating : a versatile alternative to meat / Marlow Foods Ltd.
  • Minced Quorn myco-protein : the delicious new food for healthier eating : a versatile alternative to meat / Marlow Foods Ltd.
  • Minced Quorn myco-protein : the delicious new food for healthier eating : a versatile alternative to meat / Marlow Foods Ltd.
  • Quorn myco-protein : the delicious new food for healthier eating : a versatile alternative to meat / Marlow Foods Ltd.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works quicker, easier, cheaper and better than soap or anything else : one trial will convince you / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works quicker, easier, cheaper and better than soap or anything else : one trial will convince you / Kendall Manufacturing Company.