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  • Tattoo design: tracing of a genital tattoo taken from the body of Rangi-Tea-Pakura, a Maori woman of rank. Drawing by Dr. Shortland.
  • Pustules on the site of a tattoo
  • Skin inflamation on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • Signs of syphilis on the site of a tattoo
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a fan
  • Six arms showing different designs of tattoo, and two smaller views of tattoos. Process print, 1903.
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a female face
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a small human figure
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a nude female called Flora
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a flower and some initials
  • Assam: a Chang Naga man with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.
  • Assam: a Konyak Naga boy with a head-hunter's tattoo. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.
  • A tattoo in the form of writing on a piece of human skin, 'Enfant du Malheus'
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showng a Greek style bust of an Emperor and some writing
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a lady, possibly a lover, surrounded by a garland of flowers
  • An Algerian woman with a tattoo or henna design on her face, carrying a clay water pot against a studio backdrop.
  • A man's buttock with an eagle tattoo above a sticker bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company; advertisement for safe sex. Lithograph, 199-.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji seated on bedding revealing a tattoo of a skull amid grasses on his left arm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a heart with an arrow through it and the date of the 19th May 91
  • A man with a tattoo leans over between the legs of a woman; an advert for safe sex by the Terrence Higgins Trust. Colour lithograph.
  • A man with a tattoo leans over between the legs of a woman; an advert for safe sex by the Terrence Higgins Trust. Colour lithograph.
  • Everyday life at Greenwich Hospital: left, Pensioners filing into the entrance to the west Dining Hall, right, beating the tattoo at sunset. Wood engravings by M. Jackson, 1865.
  • Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • A face with nose and ear ring and flower tattoo with block of text explaining risks of body piercing; an advertisement for the National Aids Helpline by the Liverpool Health Promotion Agency. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A man about to kiss a tattoo of a heart bearing the word 'love' with the message 'Live life, be positive'; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for the AIDS-Tukikeskus, the AIDS support centre fun by the Finnish AIDS Council. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A man with a tattoo puts his arms around a woman while holding a condom in a packet bearing the logo 'ok'; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
  • A man within a group wearing a t-shirt with the logo 'safe sex', another man with a tattoo bearing the words 'no fear' with his arms around another, and a condom; advertisement for safe sex by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Lithograph by Scott Sidorsky and Michele Clement, 1992.