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  • A woman, the physiognomy of whom expresses attention excited by desire. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Cupid presides over a group of naked women who sit separated from groups of yearning men; symbolising the passion of love. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • A woman expressing attention, desire and hope. Drawing, c. 1788, after Raphael.
  • A horizontal condom decorated with coloured shapes including red hearts to symbolise love; with the message "without [condoms] the desire goes away". Colour lithograph after Niki de Saint Phalle.
  • Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) scorn, laughter, acute pain, desire, anger, sadness. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.
  • Cupid presides over a group of naked women who sit separated from groups of yearning men; symbolising the passion of love. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • Six faces expressing human passions: profiles and frontal views of admiration, desire and veneration. Pen drawing after C. Le Brun.
  • A boy wearing a shirt with lines and squares at the centre of a block of text describing how he will awaken to his homosexual desires in a few years time; a warning about the dangers of AIDS by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. in collaboration with the AIDS action group ACT UP Berlin. Lithograph by Pusch+Hüskes, 1990.
  • A woman's face expressing desire (left) and a man's face expressing 'joy with tranquility' (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • The face of a young gay man with the words in French "Boys between them" and "desire, love and sexuality" representing an advertisment for the Association des Jeunes Contre le SIDA (A.J.C.S.) and S.N.E.G. [Syndicat National des Entreprise Gay (Paris, France)]. Lithograph.
  • Neurotransmitter in limbic areas of a human brain, PET
  • A woman with bulging eyes, expressing desire through her face. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • Eight heads showing human passions. Etching by Taylor, 1788, after C. Le Brun.
  • Addiction and reward pathways in the brain, artwork
  • Three faces: expressing desire (top) and peaceful joy (bottom left), and laughing (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
  • A female face expressing desire. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.
  • Neurotransmitter in limbic areas of a human brain, PET
  • Head of a woman expressing desire (left); head of a woman expressing hope (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): hatred or jealousy, anger, acute pain and desire. Etching by A-J. de Fehrt after C. Le Brun.
  • A horizontal condom decorated with coloured shapes including red hearts to symbolise love; with the message "without [condoms] the desire goes away". Colour lithograph after Niki de Saint Phalle.
  • A woman's head, expressing attention, desire and hope. Drawing, c. 1788, after Raphael.
  • Words relating to sex litter the page between swirling patterns; representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Gay Men's Health Education Unit. Colour lithograph by Paull McKee.