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  • John Sainsbury sitting in his museum of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Napoleonic wars. Lithograph.
  • The Napoleonic star of courage badge, commemorating the deeds of six generals during the Napoleonic wars: six figures. Engraving.
  • The Cross and Crown of Thorns with a bunch of roses. Chromolithograph.
  • The Christ Child strews a bed of roses for himself inside the believer's heart which is surrounded by roses and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • A quotation from the Bible with a border of roses and lilies. Chromolithograph.
  • A quotation from the Psalms with a border of dog roses and insects. Chromolithograph.
  • A sculpture of the Virgin with Child surrounded by a garland of roses. Engraving by Berlauts after Francais.
  • AIDS - plague from God : "I shall not allow a cure" ... message of Our Lady and Our Lord to Veronica Lueken / Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine.
  • AIDS - plague from God : "I shall not allow a cure" ... message of Our Lady and Our Lord to Veronica Lueken / Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine.
  • A man holding the shape of a heart decorated with roses and holly. Coloured photographic postcard, 193-.
  • A man holding the shape of a heart decorated with roses and holly. Coloured photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Punishments in camps during the Afghan wars, including flogging, hanging and the shooting of Afghans while tied to a rod. Wood engraving by G. Durand.
  • Episodes in the Zulu wars, including a Zulu ceremony, the flogging of a deserter and a Zulu warrior giving himself up to English soldiers. Wood engraving.
  • The faces of two men behind red roses, advertising the film "Taxi zum Klo". Colour lithograph for [Berliner?] AIDS-Hilfe.
  • Roses blocked out in different colours representing an advertisement for a benefit event in aid of World AIDS Day on 30 November 1994 at the Frankfurter Hof, Mainz. Colour lithograph by Potter.
  • Rosa gallica L. Rosaceae Distribution: S & C Europe, Western Asia. Culpeper: “Red roses cool, bind, strengthen both vital and animal virtue, restores such as are in consumptions, strengthen. Notes: Rose water and distilled oil of roses have been used in herbal medicine for over a thousand years, and are still used in aromatherapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The name 'Aretha Franklin: Duets' within a black oval against a background of roses; advertising an AIDS benefit concert. Colour lithograph by Milton Glaser, 1993.
  • The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.
  • The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.
  • The triumph of love: Cupid and a young woman being drawn in a chariot by two women while a third scatters roses before them. Watercolour by J.G. Steiner, 1789.
  • A gun shooting a condom amidst an explosion made of a star bearing white roses and the letters 'safe sex guerilla'; advertisement for safe sex to protect against AIDS by the Safe Sex Guerrilla's. Lithograph.
  • The world turned upside down: oxen drive men, women serenade men and give them roses, a horse sits in a carriage drawn by men, a horse rides on the back of a man, the sheep chases the lion, everything is reversed. Coloured etching.
  • Gentiana asclepiadea L. Gentianaceae. Gentian. Perennial herb. Distribution. Southern Europe and Caucasus. Named after Gentius, King of Illyria (the western Balkan Peninsula) in 181–168 BC. Gentius had a powerful navy of 270 warships (lembi) and like most kings of this era he fought constant wars, fighting with the Romans against Macedonia, and then changing sides only to be defeated and brought captive to Rome in 168 BC
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Three entertainers appear to stand on top of coloured roses with a pvc-clad woman and an open-mouthed DJ bottom right; includes two vertical strips of the numerous logos of associated organisations from l'Ambassade [top] to Actoria studio [bottom] with further logos arranged along the bottom and right [radio stations] and a list of DJ's performing; an advertisement for the Red Ribbon ball, a fund raising evening event in aid of "Sol en SI" [Solidarité Enfants SIDA] and the SIDA Info Service to commemorate World AIDS day on Saturday 29 November. Colour lithograph.
  • Recto: A framed photograph of a gay couple next to a condom and a bottle of lubricant on a table with a book, a vase of roses and a lamp representing a safe sex advertisement for gay men by the Victorian AIDS council; verso: the backs of two naked men with their arms around each other, one holding a condom, the other with his fingers crossed with instructions on what to do when having sex with or without condoms. Colour lithograph by Opsis Design and Freak me Freak me Productions, 1994.
  • Recto: A framed photograph of a gay couple next to a condom and a bottle of lubricant on a table with a book, a vase of roses and a lamp representing a safe sex advertisement for gay men by the Victorian AIDS council; verso: the backs of two naked men with their arms around each other, one holding a condom, the other with his fingers crossed with instructions on what to do when having sex with or without condoms. Colour lithograph by Opsis Design and Freak me Freak me Productions, 1994.
  • Recto: A framed photograph of a gay couple next to a condom and a bottle of lubricant on a table with a book, a vase of roses and a lamp representing a safe sex advertisement for gay men by the Victorian AIDS council; verso: the backs of two naked men with their arms around each other, one holding a condom, the other with his fingers crossed with instructions on what to do when having sex with or without condoms. Colour lithograph by Opsis Design and Freak me Freak me Productions, 1994.
  • Gold Pomander, in the form of a rose, mid-Victorian.