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  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
  • Le bal des célibataires : dimanche 1er décembre 2013 / Séropotes Paris.
  • A woman with enlarged lips, large earrings and bearing a bowl of fruit on her head, advertising The Madhatter's Ball, a benefit evening held on 7 August 1992 by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A ball in the Palais des Tuileries: the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie (?) take part in a quadrille. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Gustave Janet.
  • African American people at a dance: the fiddler sits apart with a puzzled expression. Colour process print after L. Hopkins.
  • People engaged in pleasures (dancing, drinking, gaming, flirting) to counteract the pains of illness and old age. Line engraving attributed to O. van Veen (Vaenius).
  • 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.
  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • Le bal des célibataires : dimanche 1er décembre 2013 / Séropotes Paris.
  • We are all made of star : samedi 29 novembre de 21 h00 à 2h00 dans un des plus beau lieu de la capitale, avec possibilité de diner sur place ... / Le Kiosque Infos Sida ... [and 27 others].
  • Majorca: a monk dances with a young woman as others watch, accompanied by a guitarist. Etching.
  • We are all made of star : samedi 29 novembre de 21 h00 à 2h00 dans un des plus beau lieu de la capitale, avec possibilité de diner sur place ... / Le Kiosque Infos Sida ... [and 27 others].
  • A young lady is being asked by a young man to join the other couples on the dance floor. Engraving by S.S. Smith after J. Stephanoff.
  • A man and a woman face one another on the dance floor as people behind look on with disapproving faces. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter.
  • A man is playing a tambourine as couples are dancing in a ballroom. Process print after J.L. Stewart.