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  • A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.
  • Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.
  • A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.
  • Victory of Indrajit. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
  • A collage directed by downward arrows of a photograph of a man, a woman, a drawing of a bed and a condom interpersed with lettering relating to a couple who meet but then come into contact with AIDS; one of a series of posters representing an advertisement for a competition for posters of images against AIDS. Colour lithograph by Delphine Chanet.
  • The index fingers of two hands touch, one painted silver, the other gold with the words 'love without fear' in Finnish, and partly showing in Chinese and Arabic; an advertisement for a free handbook about HIV and AIDS by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • An écorché face showing the muscles involved in the expression of terror. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
  • People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.
  • A woman and a man sit on a bed staring at a condom as if it floats magically mid-air; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by R. Warzecha, M. Jahreiss and D. Pusch.
  • The resurrected Christ flying above soldiers. Engraving.
  • A bearded man whose face expresses horror. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).
  • A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.
  • Two hands bent over each other to the left, one painted silver, the other gold with the words 'love without fear' in Chinese, Russian and Italian; an advertisement for a free handbook about HIV and AIDS by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • A naked man wearing a necklace with one hand on his chest and the message in German ''show posture'; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA and Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Lithograph, 1990.
  • A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.
  • The white silhouette of a butterfly representing the fragility of those living with AIDS against a grey/black tablet form; with the message in German, 'Verdict. AIDS. People with AIDS. Convicted of fear. AIDS see and judge. As the disease. We are concerned'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.
  • World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.
  • A warning about the hazardous and the non-hazardous practices in relation to the transmission of AIDS issued by the Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit [Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health]. Colour lithograph.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Watercolour painting.
  • Kichaka making indecent proposals to a frightened Draupadi.
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • A bearded man whose face expresses horror. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • A giant hand roaming through the dark streets of London, people and rats try to escape its grasp; representing bubonic plague. Watercolour by R. Cooper.