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  • Swimmers, officials and spectators at the Paris Olympics. Photographic postcard by A. Pétin, 1924.
  • Swimmers, officials and spectators at the Paris Olympics. Photographic postcard by A. Pétin, 1924.
  • A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Swimmer
  • S.W. Greasley (right), champion swimmer, with his trainer (?). Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • S.W. Greasley (right), champion swimmer, with his trainer (?). Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • Venus and a maid teaching Cupids to swim. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.
  • Venus and a maid teaching Cupids to swim. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.
  • Two red fish appear to swim inside a green condom in an ocean of sharks; representing a warning of the dangers of not using sexual protection and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Lionel Bouhier, 1992.
  • A lake setting in which a man lies back in a boat wearing only boxer shorts; he holds up some underwear which he offers to his female companion with a smile; a pink condom lies on a white garment beside the man while two ducks swim beside the boat; German version of a series of safe sex 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
  • A lake setting in which a man lies back in a boat wearing only boxer shorts; he holds up some underwear which he offers to his female companion with a smile; a pink condom lies on a white garment beside the man while two ducks swim beside the boat; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • Nine popular sports practitioners. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Nine popular sports practitioners. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Bathers at the banks of the Jordan river, with Achmet Aga, the governor of Jerusalem, with his guards, looking on. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.
  • Boys bathing in the river by the playing fields, Eton College, Berkshire. Line engraving by J.T. Willmore after J.D. Harding.
  • Actors in conflict in the snow: Ichikawa Kodanji as the hero Asakura Tōgo, has thrown a ruffian assailant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • An athlete. Photographic postcard after J. Börjeson, 193-.
  • An athlete. Photographic postcard after J. Börjeson, 193-.
  • Naked sailors having swimming lessons in Portsmouth, supported by ropes held by clothed sailors standing around the pool. Colour process print after J.S. Cribb, 190-.
  • Naked sailors having swimming lessons in Portsmouth, supported by ropes held by clothed sailors standing around the pool. Colour process print after J.S. Cribb, 190-.
  • An information sheet about AIDS for parents, teachers and students with 7 questions and answers and illustrations on how AIDS is not transmitted; an advertisement by the Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph by Mike Biele, Papen and Design Werkstatt.
  • The dangers of not using sexual protection and AIDS.
  • A woman with an open burgundy coloured shirt revealing her breasts stares wide-eyed at a diver holding onto a tray on which sit condoms and a clockwatch; a personified condom flies into the air off a skateboard while a telescope bearing an eye sticks out of the woman's top pocket; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Landsforeningen Ungdomsringen. Colour lithograph by Robert Lindvig, ca. 1995.
  • Seminiferous tubule
  • A Bengali proverb: two watersnakes swallowing fish and frog. Watercolour drawing.
  • A Bengali proverb: two watersnakes swallowing fish and frog. Watercolour drawing.
  • Bucaramanga, Colombia: a mule is pulled through a stream flooded by heavy rain; International Sanitary Commission staff watch from the bank. Photograph, ca. 1916.
  • British prisoners of war posing in beach attire for a show at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Thiran, 191-.
  • Mariquita, Colombia: a wooden bridge. Coloured lithograph by C. Empson, 1836.