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  • A medical practitioner taking a girl's pulse and holding a flask of her urine, with four other figures on the left and a maid opening a door on the right. Oil painting after Richard Brakenburg.
  • A medical practitioner taking a girl's pulse and holding a flask of her urine, with four other figures on the left and a maid opening a door on the right. Oil painting after Richard Brakenburg.
  • A medical practitioner taking a girl's pulse and holding a flask of her urine, with four other figures on the left and a maid opening a door on the right. Oil painting after Richard Brakenburg.
  • A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.
  • Death and three fates on an ox-drawn carriage; historical figures die on the ground beneath; representing the triumph of death. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • Muscles of the arm and hand: four figures (two on verso), showing the hand in a similar pose to that of the 'Borghese Gladiator' by Agasias of Ephesus. Pen and ink drawing by J.C. Zeller (?), ca. 1832.
  • Muscles of the arm and hand: four figures (two on verso), showing the hand in a similar pose to that of the 'Borghese Gladiator' by Agasias of Ephesus. Pen and ink drawing by J.C. Zeller (?), ca. 1832.
  • A procession of historical figures accompanying a car on which Time sits measuring the globe; representing the triumph of Time. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • A doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is grabbing the doctor by the throat; the terrified patient looks on from the bed. Etching after S. Collings, ca. 1803.
  • Universal equinoctial dial, (Augsburg type). Mounted, unsigned, undated. Held by the figure of a man in silver, who is standing on a domed base decorated with four miniatures in enamel, embossed heads of cherubs etc.
  • An écorché figure, lying supine on a dissecting table, observed by two students: four instruments of dissection, including a scalpel, forceps and scissors, are also shown resting on the table. Stipple print by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
  • A group of figures in negative representing an advertisement for a benefit concert/dance to support the Smart Sex Campaign by the AIDS Network of Edmonton Society on Friday, March 8, 1996. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • A doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is grabbing the doctor by the throat, the terrified patient looks on. Aquatint by F. Jukes, 1803, after S. Collings.
  • A doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is grabbing the doctor by the throat, the terrified patient looks on. Aquatint by F. Jukes, 1803, after S. Collings.
  • An allegorical figure holding torches seated on a baroque monument; the symbols of the four evangelists above her, and Saint Thomas Aquinas and Galen at her side. Engraving by Jacob Bruynel after A. van Diepenbeeck, 1666.
  • Christ on a triumphal chariot with saints, martyrs, sibyls and other figures; representing the triumph of faith (?). Engraving by S. Pomarede after G.A. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • The huddled figure of a man representing an advertisement for the self-help group, Kursiv for gay men with HIV and AIDS suffering from alcohol problems and dependence on drugs. Lithograph, ca. 1993.
  • A blue figure covered in pink arrows representing an advertisement for the Stop AIDS Kanagawa campaign as part of the 10th International Conference on AIDS and STD in 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A blue figure covered in pink arrows representing an advertisement for the Stop AIDS Kanagawa campaign as part of the 10th International Conference on AIDS and STD in 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Limestone jackal-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represents Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian of the stomach
  • Limestone jackal-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represents Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian of the stomach
  • Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.
  • Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.
  • The yellow and green silhouettes of abstract figures with the statement 'Equal rights shared responsibility' representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day on 1st December 1995 by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • The Franco-British Exhibition, 1908: diploma, showing figures in classical dress representing France and Britain, awarded to the Paris Prefecture of Police for Alphonse Bertillon's work on criminal identification. Photograph, 19--, of a lithograph by G. W. Eve, 1908.
  • A male figure leaning on a staff with his arm around a female figure representing an advertisement for AIDS awareness by lAshraya, the AIDS Awareness and Counselling Centre, a Project of IMA Blood Bank. Colour lithograph by Meridian Ad Systems, Cochin, ca. 1998.
  • A miracle in which people clamour around a central figure on top of a hill surrounded by crashing waves representing an advertisement for The AIDS Ministries Program of Connecticut. Colour lithograph by Mintz & Hoke Advertising and Public Relations.
  • The words 'AIDS' forming the centre of a maze with four figures on the outside holding maps in an attempt to find their way in; an illustration by Ingram Pinn advertising a meeting in Berlin for alternative forms of therapy for those with HIV and AIDS; held on 11 January 1994 at the headquarters of Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS and advice for gay men. Photocopy, 1994.
  • Four children sit chatting about AIDS while eating bread around a table representing an advertisement for the 5th course on AIDS education for higher education students in the 'Centro" district of Madrid; held at the Centro Cultural "Puerta de Toledo" in Madrid on 7 February 1995; organised by the Centre de Estudios Sociales Aplicados [Center of Applied Social Studies]. Colour lithograph by Irene Bordoy, 1995.
  • The words 'AIDS' forming the centre of a maze with four figures on the outside holding maps in an attempt to find their way in, an illustration by Ingram Pinn; an advertisement for a meeting in Berlin about HIV and homeopathy by Dr Karin Bandelin and Dr Almut Gestrich on 26 October 1993 at the headquarters of Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS and advice for gay men. Photocopy, 1993.