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  • A mentally ill patient with mask and hand restraints. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.
  • Krishna freeing his parents (Vasudeo and Devki) from prison. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.
  • A mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
  • Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, in the gardens of the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857.
  • A man smoking a cigarette, confined in a narrow space, referring to the constraints of dependence on the habit of smoking. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.
  • Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • A man trapped in the letters VD (venereal disease), representing untreated sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A ragged man sitting huddled in a cube prison cell bearing the words 'SIDA' with a rat on the opposite side as a man beneath attempts to drill an escape hole in the floor; an advertisement for AIDS week in prisons from 11th to 13th December 1989 by the Comisiones Ciudadanas Anti-SIDA de Alava, Bizkaia, Guipúzcoa y Navarra and the Federación de Comités y Comisiones Ciudadanas Anti-SIDA del Estado Español. Colour lithograph by Hdez. Landazabal, 1989.
  • Roman soldiers beat Christ before the high priest. Line engraving by J. Sadeler, 1589, after C. Schwartz.
  • Jeremiah is released from the stocks. Etching by J. Barlow, 1812, after W.M. Craig.
  • A mentally ill patient in a strait-jacket attached to the wall and a strange barrel shaped contraption around his legs. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
  • Daniel in the lions' den. Oil painting by a Netherlandish painter, 17th century.
  • Christ, tied to a column, being whipped by two men. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.
  • A mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
  • Justice begins at home : President Obama defends sexual rights... do you? / Positive Justice Project ; IPPF.
  • The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria to the Christ child; Saint Joseph looks at angels who bear attributes of Saint Barbara and Saint Margaret. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.
  • Christ crowned with thorns. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Christ bound and beaten by Jews. Etching by Heinrich Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1850.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and beaten with sticks. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • Samson releases himself from his bonds; Delilah and the Philistines are astonished. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • A mentally ill patient in a strait-jacket attached to the wall and a strange barrel shaped contraption around his legs. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
  • Christ beaten and mocked before Caiaphas. Etching by J. Callot, 1630.
  • Daniel trapped with lions. Mezzotint by J. Smith.
  • Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • The binding and flagellation of Christ. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.