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  • Two female patients taking advantage of a young inexperienced doctor's desire to please by taking up too much of his time. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.
  • A young artist, sitting among the ruins of mediaeval buildings and drawing a modern country house, holds up his pencil to stop the approaching Chronos, god of time; above, the winged figure of Fame trumpets his genius and awards him a wreath of honour for resisting time. Engraving, 1781.
  • Above, the martyr Dr. Taylor riding to the stake on horseback caresses and blesses his young son for the last time; below,the martyr Dr.Taylor is standing in a barrel filled with pitch while the pyre beneath him is lighted. Engraving with etching, 1813.
  • This is to acquaint the curious in general, that there is to be seen, from two in the afternoon, till nine in the evening, without loss of time : at the Crown in High-Street, Canterbury, the surprising Warwickshitre young lady, Miss Hawtin, from Coventry ...
  • This is to acquaint the curious in general, that there is to be seen, from two in the afternoon, till nine in the evening, without loss of time : at the Crown in High-Street, Canterbury, the surprising Warwickshitre young lady, Miss Hawtin, from Coventry ...
  • A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.
  • The face of a youth advertising STOP AIDS evenings for young gay and bisexual men. Colour lithograph.
  • Scouts in a summer camp at Kapellen near Antwerp, peeling potatoes. Photographic postcard, ca. 1951.
  • Scouts in a summer camp at Kapellen near Antwerp, peeling potatoes. Photographic postcard, ca. 1951.
  • Actions that need to be addressed in the fight against AIDS by the World Health Organization. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
  • A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
  • A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
  • Minerva, as goddess of the arts, shaking hands with Italia; behind them Mercury, the messenger god. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after Burney.
  • Figuroids : the scientific obesity cure : safely remove all superfluous fat from every part of the body, and quite restore the figure / The Figuroid Company Ltd.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured stipple engraving after L. Boilly, c. 1823.
  • A man's fist with a condom as a ring representing an advertisement for gay and bisexual men to practice safe sex by the Stop AIDS Project. Colour lithograph by Erik Adigard and Patricia Mcshane.
  • A skinny man wearing a frilly pink shirt, striped trousers and heels (?), while smoking. Colour process print after Nertz, 196-.
  • A skinny man wearing a frilly pink shirt, striped trousers and heels (?), while smoking. Colour process print after Nertz, 196-.
  • A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.
  • A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.
  • A man smiles wearing an open shirt with one hand in his pocket representing an advertisement for safe sex; created by Palmer Jarvis Communications for the Alberta HIVAIDS Prevention Campaigns for Young Adults. Lithograph.
  • Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, North Africa.
  • Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.
  • Photograph of an Arab boy looking towards the viewer, North Africa.
  • Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.
  • Photograph of a shepherd looking at the viewer, Palestine.
  • Photograph of an Arab boy smiling at the viewer, North Africa.