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  • 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
  • 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.
  • Ma-hos-kah (White Cloud), a chief of the Iowa tribe, with facial tattooes and a bear's claw necklace. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, 1837.
  • 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.
  • Tattooed arms
  • Tattooed skin
  • 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.
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • No-tin, a chief of the Ojibwa tribe, with facial tattoes and wearing a feather headdress. Coloured lithograph by Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment after C. B. King, 1842.
  • 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.
  • Sierra Leone: a tattooed man of the Kissi people collecting money. Photograph, 19--.
  • 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.
  • A man with a tattoo puts his arms around a woman while holding a condom in a packet bearing the logo 'ok'; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • Ethiopia: a Gurage woman tattooing another on the wrist. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Actor Kataoka Nizaemon as the popular hero Umeno Ichirōbei, revealing his tattooed shoulder. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • New Guinea: five tattooed girls of the Koita people, Waima village. Photograph, 19--, after a photograph by H.M. Dauncey.
  • Puhoro: tracing of the chisel cuts used in a Maori design of tattooing on the thigh. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.