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  • James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.
  • An army of red people behind a blue barrior bearing sparkling religious symbols attempting to quell a group of red devils bearing the word 'AIDS' and holding forks; an advertisement to use religions as a shield against AIDS by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the emaciated body of Jesus Christ; advertising the support group Catholic AIDS Link for people with HIV/AIDS. Photocopy.
  • A groom with his bride and a message to love faithfully and obey the christian way of life and avoid AIDS; an advertisement by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Colour lithograph by A.B.C. Ngónzi, ca. 1990's (?).
  • Pope John Paul II hugging a child against a backdrop of christ holding out his hands to people below him; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
  • The Holy Family against a backdrop of a long queue of people representing an advertisement to use religion to help protect families against AIDS by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Red apples representing healty living with a message about how AIDS patients can learn to live with the disease with the help of the assistance of the Diocesan Caritas Association for the Archdiocese of Cologne eV AIDS-Hilfe Unit. Colour lithograph by Hüsch & Hüsch Aachen and Werbung.
  • The pope reclining forward to kiss the floor with the words in French: 'Fight AIDS: condoms not skull caps'; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.
  • A sick man lying on rocks is tended by a man wearing a hat and cloak bearing the letters HSR; entitled The good Samaritan. Photocopy of a lithograph by Geo Uno (?).
  • Four women of different cultures appear before an upside down triangle to advertise the support group for Catholic women with AIDS. Photocopy after David, 1988.
  • The torture of Roman Catholics by monsters in hell, with Charon ferrying more departed souls over the river Styx. Engraving with etching.
  • Phrenological chart; with design of head containing symbols of the phrenological faculties, and diagrams of heads showing criminal and moral propensities. Wood engraving, c. 1850, after F. Bridges and O.S. Fowler.