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  • Three women at a wash-basin, on either side stand attendants. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Three women at a wash-basin, on either side stand attendants. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Ralph Mellor in drag and a young actress stand back-to-back on stage. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
  • Ralph Mellor in drag and a young actress stand back-to-back on stage. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
  • A mother and daughter reviewing embroidery made by the daughter; a yarn-winder stands nearby. Engraving by F.B. Lépicié, 1740, after J.B.S. Chardin.
  • Shiva, encased by arrows lies on top of a platform underneath which stands Krishna and a group onlookers. Engraving with colour by an Indian artist, 1800s.
  • A young man (William Booth) stands before a table at which sit a magistrate and his clerk; a boy whispers something into the magistrate's ear. Engraving by J. Saunders after S. de Wilde.
  • A black woman stands by a cot with a mobile representing a mother whose baby has AIDS; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph, 1993.
  • "In the light of modern science alcohol stands condemned as the greatest co-operating factor for the production of damaged lives." / Dr. Courtenay C. Weeks, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. ; issued by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.1.
  • A man tied to a burning stake is pulling at his chains while clerics hold their crucifixes towards him and soldiers in full armour stand around the fire. Engraving by P.S. van Gunst after O. Elliger.
  • A smiling couple stand before a flight of steps with the message in French: "Condoms. Why hesitate any longer?"; a safe sex advertisement for by the A.F.L.S. [Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA]. Colour lithograph.
  • A naked figure sits hugging a purple cushion on which a bird stands; within a line drawn heart edged with devilish creatures; an advertisement for the National Program for the Rights of the Child and Adolescent by the Ministerio de Cultura y Educación de la Nación. Colour lithograph by S (?) Kerm, ca. 1996.
  • Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, children of Bhaktapur, 1986. Three children stand in Durbar Square. The little boy has genu valgum (knock knees). In the mid-1980s, nearly half of all Nepalese children died before reaching the age of 5, and life expectancy at birth was 51 years for men and 50 years for women. Conditions associated with poor hygiene and sanitation, including gastrointestinal disorders, diarrhoea, and parasitic infestation, were common.
  • Ludwig Georg von Gottes Gnaden Marggraff zu Baaden und Hochberg ... : Demnach den letzt fürgewester Engen Grenz Versammlung in Ulm Occasione der in dem Bannat Temesvvar, Fürstenhum Siebengebürgen / und anderen Orthen im Königreich Hungarn / sich unter den Menschen hervorgethaner gefährlichen Seuche halber nachstehender Schluss abgefast worden : Welchergestalten sich vor einiger Zeit in dem Bannat Temesvvar, nicht weniger in dem Fürstenhum Siebengebürgen und andernandern Orten in dem Königreich Hungarn eine gefährliche Seuche unter denen Menschen hiervor gethan ... den allen Städten / flechen und Dörffern zu publiciren / und an denen Rath-häusern oder anderen gewöhnlichen Orten offentlich zu affigeren. Signatum in Ulm/ den 10. Novembr. 1738 / Der Fürsten und Stände des löbl. Schwäblichen Grenzes den gegenwärtig versammleten Engern Convent anwesende Räthe / Bottschaffter und Gesandte. (L.S.) ... Signatum Rastadt den 22ten Novembris 1738. Louis W. zu Baaden. Ad mandatum serenissimi Domini Marchionis proprium. Schmid de Wellenburg.
  • May we send you or your patient? a free sample of Callard's Gluten Dinner Rolls for starchless and sugarless diets / Callard & Co.
  • A dentist in his surgery with patient at Camp Douglas. Pen drawing by C.W. Law, 1862.
  • German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
  • Amateur actors, one in drag, perform a scene on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Amateur actors, one in drag, perform a scene on stage. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A foppish man looking at an advertisement for Sloan's Liniment. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • Two women tending to a man sick with AIDS surrounded by 4 men in a rural setting within a brown and mustard lined decorative border; an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by S. Ghosh for Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • A soldier in drag modelling for "The Timbertown Follies" at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A soldier in drag modelling for "The Timbertown Follies" at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Coloured condoms on a chequered black and white background; representing an advertisement for safe sex by Verkerke C&L GmbH. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Anchor : New Zealand superfine butter.
  • Anchor : New Zealand superfine butter.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • A nurse attending the wounded in a Soviet military hospital. Oil painting by Sophia Uranova, ca. 1962.
  • Two young men, one in drag, playing rag and bone merchants. Photographic postcard, 192-.