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  • A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.
  • A family caught in an avalanche along the Mount St. Bernard Pass; a woman frantically rings the bell thus breaking the cord. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Lecomte.
  • Kali with all of her symbols and dog. Gouache drawing.
  • Two flowers and a heart representing love and life with the words "Liebes Leben"; advertising an exhibition about AIDS in Leipzig. Colour lithograph by Studio Andreas Heller for the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, 1995.
  • Eve receives the forbidden fruit from a serpent in the shape of a woman; the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.
  • Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward I's arm. Line engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig.
  • A face expressing scorn (left) and a face expressing horror (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • 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, 'Fear. Disease and death. We shun them because we are alive. We displace it, because we are afraid. Meet the fear. Through confrontation'; one of 3 posters advertising the AIDS-Hilfe Tirol. Colour lithograph by Nicolai Buchinger.
  • Two arms entwined one painted silver, the other gold with the words '[love without fear] in Swedish, Arabic, Chinese and English; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A man with a moustache and waistcoat with one hand in his pocket with the message in Italian: "I have AIDS. And I'm afraid of your fear"; one of a series safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' solidarity campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Lithograph by Christian Vogt.
  • Esther faints before King Ahasuerus. Engraving, by R. Strange, 1767, after R. Strange, 1762, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Esther faints before the fierceness of Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Frey after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, ca. 1628.
  • A dentist being restrained in a chair, and terrified by a patient who is attempting to get his own back.Process print after H.M. Bateman, 1925.
  • A doctor takes the temperature of a gloomy patient. Reproduction of a drawing by G. Jennis, 1919.
  • Eight heads showing human passions. Etching by Taylor, 1788, after C. Le Brun.
  • Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A large and evil-looking army physician eagerly inoculates a fearful young man. Pen and ink drawing by F. May, ca. 1918.
  • A man trapped inside a glass bottle, representing a man hiding from his fears of AIDS; advertising the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Two flowers and a heart representing love and life with the words "Liebes Leben"; advertising a touring exhibition about AIDS. Colour lithograph by Studio Andreas Heller for the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, 1995.
  • Kali holding a demon's head. Watercolour.
  • A man trapped inside a glass bottle representing a man hiding from his fears of AIDS; an advertisement for the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A frightened and an angry face, left and right respectively. Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • Two faces, one in outline, expressing horror. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • A message from the Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA about how they want to oppose the ignorance, fear, discrimination, prejudice and hatred of people with or associated with AIDS; advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1st December 1992. Colour lithograph by I.M. Communiquer.
  • Two outlines of faces showing astonishment and fear (left) and laughter (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • The discovery of King Harold's body at the Battle of Hastings. Line engraving by E.R. Whitfield after W. Hilton, 1834.
  • Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel.
  • Two faces kissing and merged in the shape of a heart with the words "Aimer sans peur" [love without fear]; one of a series of posters representing an advertisement for a competition for posters of images against AIDS. Colour lithograph by Renata Zolcinska.