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  • Left, red and mauve stars and crabs; right, twelve red hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1976.
  • The fourth day of Creation: God creates the sun, moon and stars. Line engraving by Thomas de Leu.
  • A purple diagonal mesh superimposed on a red mesh with lozenges and stars. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • Left, red and mauve stars and a red crab; right, ten red hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1976.
  • Astronomy: stars in the night sky, with Encke's comet. Coloured engraving by J. Basire, 1851 after C. Piazzi Smyth.
  • The heads of five women with braided hair dressed with flowers, beads and stars. Coloured lithograph by Michelet, 1864.
  • Jewel decorated with a red cross and three stars given by Queen Victoria to Florence Nightingale for her work in Crimea. Colour lithograph, 1856.
  • The American flag with skulls and crossbones replacing the stars; a protest against President George H.W. Bush's policies on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1992.
  • Profile of a young man in red stripes against a blue background of white stars; representing young America. Colour lithograph after F.H.K. Henrion.
  • Profile of a young man in red stripes against a blue background of white stars; representing young America. Colour lithograph after F.H.K. Henrion.
  • Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].
  • Astronomy: a muse shows a treatise on the stars to a ruler, surrounded by putti with attributes of the arts and sciences, in the background an observatory [Greenwich?]. Engraving.
  • The flame of a candle against a night sky littered with coloured stars; advertisement for the 13th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization on Sunday May 19 1996. Colour lithograph.
  • Night of nights : a gala benefit for London Lighthouse : Barbican Hall 6th March 1992, 10.00pm : with a host of stars all doing something slightly different... / Barbican Centre.
  • The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.
  • Two people sit astride a yellow condom rocketing into the night sky littered with stars and a heart; an advertisement by Agence Prévention du SIDA. Colour lithograph by Fr. Guiot for Infor SIDA, ca. 1995.
  • King Alfred the Great in military dress is visited in a dream by the goddess of science with stars in her hair, while winged sylphs gambol in the clouds. Etching by J.A. Minasi after B. Pernotin.
  • Two people sit astride a yellow condom rocketing into the night sky littered with stars and a heart with the stamp 'Europe against AIDS'; an advertisement by CRIPS (Centre régional d'information et de prévention du SIDA). Colour lithograph.
  • Two people sit astride a yellow condom rocketing into the night sky littered with stars and a heart with the stamp 'Europe against AIDS'; a safe sex advertisement supported by the European Communities.Colour lithograph by Fréd. Guiot, ca. 1995.
  • Two people sit astride a yellow condom rocketing into a night sky littered with stars and a heart with the stamp 'Europe against AIDS'; a safe sex advertisement supported by the European Communities.Colour lithograph by Fréd. Guiot, ca. 1995.
  • Two people sit astride a yellow condom rocketing into the night sky littered with stars towards a heart'; a safe sex advertisement by the Comissão Nacional Luta contra a SIDA with the support of the European Union. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The sun with stars representing an advertisement for a Gilbert and Sullivan evening presented by Edmonton Opera and The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Richard Eaton Singers on March 31 1993; produced by Halkier and Dutton Design for the AIDS Network of Edmonton Society. Colour lithograph.
  • Two people sit astride a yellow condom rocketing into the night sky littered with stars towards a heart with the stamp 'Europe against AIDS'; a safe sex advertisement by the Comissão Nacional Luta Contra a SIDA supported by the European Community. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A couple hold hands at a table with a heart, stars and the moon above them; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez.
  • A trunk-like figure with a face wearing a condom as a hat against a blue background with stars and a moon to represent the night; an advertisement for a charity disco event in Oldenburg in support of AIDS organised by the Oldenburgische AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph.
  • A Japanese advertisement for the film, Philadelphia about HIV and AIDS featuring the faces of the stars of the film, actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington against a backdrop of the bridge in Philadelphia; representing an advertisement for the International AIDS Conference in Yokohama in 1995. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A naked woman with extending yellow hair with a baby in her womb illustrated with white stars and a flower; a warning to women to protect their babies from AIDS by the Oficina Para la Prevencion y Lucha Contra el Sida and Organization Panaermicana de la Salud. Colour lithograph by Marco Caamaño, 1994.
  • The message 'AIDS has no cultural boundaries. Protect us!' in Arabic, Lingali, Turkish and French within an oval shape against a decorative background of varying sizes of stars connected by white lines; an advertising campaign under the Social Service d'Accueil des Etrangers et de Formation with the help of the Ministry of Health of the French Community of Belgium. Colour lithograph by Zakaria Bouazza and J-F Carlier, 1996.
  • The message 'AIDS has no cultural boundaries. Protect us!' in Arabic, Lingali, Turkish and French within an oval shape against a decorative background of varying sizes of stars connected by white lines; an advertising campaign under the Social Service d'Accueil des Etrangers et de Formation with the help of the Ministry of Health of the French Community of Belgium. Colour lithograph by Zakaria Bouazza and J-F Carlier, 1996.