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  • The message 'AIDS has no cultural boundaries. Protect us!' in Arabic, Lingali, Turkish and French within an oval shape against a decorative background of varying sizes of stars connected by white lines; an advertising campaign under the Social Service d'Accueil des Etrangers et de Formation with the help of the Ministry of Health of the French Community of Belgium. Colour lithograph by Zakaria Bouazza and J-F Carlier, 1996.
  • A set of obstetrical forceps
  • A liqueur label illustrated with a French foot-soldier attacking a Polish cavalcade. Coloured engraving, 19th century.
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a heart with an arrow through it and the date of the 19th May 91
  • A set of obstetrical forceps
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showng a Greek style bust of an Emperor and some writing
  • A selection of tattoos on a piece of human skin showing a nude female, a pot of flowers and a gentlemen
  • A set of obstetrical forceps
  • Tattoos on a piece of human skin showing a flower and a selection of people
  • A liqueur label illustrated with French soldiers surrendering to foreign troops. Coloured engraving, 19th century.
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A tattoo in the form of writing on a piece of human skin, 'Enfant du Malheus'
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a small human figure
  • A French nobleman handing his son a sword as the latter prepares to go and fight for the Americans in the American War of Independence. Line engraving by J.J. Avril after P.A. Wille, 1788.
  • A set of obstetrical forceps
  • Portrait of Jean Civiale from photograph, half length seated.
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a fan
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a lady, possibly a lover, surrounded by a garland of flowers
  • A French barber shaving John Bull. Coloured etching.
  • A French soldier returning from the American War of Independence is rewarded with the Order of Saint Louis and the hand of a rich man's daughter as his bride. Line engraving by J.J. Avril, 1784, after P.A. Wille.
  • A tattoos on a piece of human skin
  • An English soldier facing a French soldier with their swords crossed. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after C. Elliott.
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A Parisienne liqueur label illustrated with Frenchmen saluting their national flag. Coloured engraving, 19th century.
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a nude female called Flora
  • King George IV with Lady Conyngham inspecting wigs on wig-stands presented by a Frenchman; representing a disagreement in the cabinet with the 'Canning-ites' over the Corn bill. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1828.
  • A set of obstetrical forceps
  • A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).
  • A tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a female face
  • Two tattoos on a piece of human skin showing a seated nude female and a standing male