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Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during summer [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.

Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.

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Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during winter [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.

Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.

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Sun setting over landscape with Cana in the distance, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.

Roberts, David, 1796-1864.

Date: [1842]

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The face of the Japanese emperor represented as a yellow sun issuing red rays. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz, 1945.

Rothholz, H. A.

Date: 1945

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Of the power and influence of the sun and moon on humane bodies; and of the diseases that rise from thence

Mead, Richard, 1673-1754.

Date: 1712

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Oglam stone. Co. Kerry. People walk around this stone sun wise and repeat prayers to cure falling sickness and epilepsy.

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In the land of the lion and sun, or : Modern Persia : being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881

Wills, C. J. 1842-1912.

Date: 1891

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A standing girl holding one hand up towards the moon and with her other hand shielding her eyes from the sun. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1972.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: 1 May 72 [1 May 1972]

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Frontispiece from 'Anotomia della peste...' of a dog looking skyward as a wheel of fortune descends toward it from the Sun.

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A woman with her arms raised, a red sun above, snakes and darts on either side. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: Nov. 69 [November 1969]

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Palmyra, Syria: the temple of Bel (temple of the sun) viewed from one side. Engraving by J.B. Liénard after L.F. Cassas.

Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827.

Date: [germinal an. VI [1798]]

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Astronomy: the Sun with his bow and arrow, an angel above, looking heavenward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.

Raphael

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A barber shaving a man; another man standing in the left-hand foreground holds a paper entitled "True Sun". Coloured lithograph.

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A woman alone in a choppy sea against a sombre sky with the moon and the sun. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1963.

Bishop, Mary, active approximately 1955-1975.

Date: October 1965

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The sun shining on blossom; representing the help given to tuberculous patients of the Herwonnen Levenskracht sanatorium. Lithograph by M. Wiegman, 192- (?).

Wiegman, Matthieu, 1886-1971.

Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]

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Saint Francis of Paula holding his walking stick and looking at the sun; church and mountains in the background. Colour lithograph, 1898.

Date: [not before 1898]

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The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: interior with standing colossi. Photograph by Jean Sébah, ca. 1890.

Sebah, Jean, approximately 1874-1947.

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A discourse concerning the action of the sun and moon on animal bodies; and the influence which this may have in many diseases

Mead, Richard, 1673-1754.

Date: [1708]

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A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy. Watercolour painting.

Trismosin, Salomon.

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A sick person is being blessed by a priest while a beam of light from the sun shines through the clouds. Line engraving.

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Palmyra, Syria: west door of the temple of Bel (temple of the sun). Engraving by J.B. Reville and P.G. Berthault after L.F. Cassas.

Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827.

Date: [germinal an. VI [1798]]

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Der Hitzschlag : insolatio, coup de chaleur, sun-stroke : nach neuen Beobachtungen und ausgedehnten Versuchen bearbeitet, zugleich ein Beitrag zur normalen und krankhaften Wärmebildung

Obernier, Franz, 1839-1882.

Date: 1867

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Lightning and stars fall on the earth on the day of Judgement; the sun and the moon hang simultaneously in the sky. Woodcut, 16th century.

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The solar system truly solved; demonstrating ... the sun to be an electrical space; and a source of every natural production displayed throughout the solar system

Hopkins, James.

Date: 1849

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Iris: she caries a vase through which the rays of the sun pass to form the rainbow. Engraving by G. Folo, 1814, after G. Head.

Head, Guy, 1760-1800.

Date: 15 March 1814

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Saint Francis of Paula holding a walking stick and looking at the sun; sea in the background. Etching after Luis Montes de Oca, 1700/1780.

Montes de Oca, Luis.

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Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's orbit around the Sun in a solar year showing the changing seasons. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

Emslie, John, 1813-1875.

Date: 1851

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Saint Francis of Paula holding his walking stick with both hands and looking at the sun; church and mountains in the background. Colour lithograph, ca. 1898.

Date: [not before 1898]

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The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.

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A blue sun with green rays against a block of yellow, pink and blue representing an advertisement for MAPS, a Multifaith AIDS Project of Seattle. Colour lithograph.

Date: [between 1900 and 1999]

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Saint Francis of Paula holding his walking stick with both hands and looking at the sun; church in the background on the right. Colour lithograph, ca. 1898.

Date: [not before 1898]

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Lotion for removing sun freckles from the face and other parts of the person, also for removing and curing scorbutic affections of the skin, and for other purposes

Boate, Mary Perceval.

Date: 1889

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Palmyra, Syria: the colonnade, with the temple of Bel (temple of the sun) in the background. Engraving by G. Malbeste and R. Daudet the younger after L.F. Cassas.

Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827.

Date: [germinal an. VI [1798]]

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A black sun with a face descends behind the horizon of a marshy landscape; representing the state of putrefaction in alchemy; from Salomon Trismosin's 'Splendor solis'. Watercolour painting.

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An appendix to my new system of fire and planetary life : shewing that the sun and moon are inhabited, and that they enjoy the same temperament as our earth

Harrington, Robert, 1751-1837.

Date: 1798

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A stylized blue head and the sun forming the silhouette of an Ionic capital; advertising an exhibition on food and hygiene in Amsterdam. Colour lithograph by G. Scheepstra, 1933.

Scheepstra, Gerben.

Date: [1933]

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A personfied yellow sun against a red and white background with a kissing couple representing a safe sex and anti-AIDS advertisment for the LandÆKNISEMBÆTTID. Colour lithograph, ca. 1993.

Date: [1993?]

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Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae Sun flower Distribution: Peru to Mexico. The seeds are a source of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fat which as part of one's diet is given to reduce coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease, but recently a study has found an increased death rate (BMJ2013

Dr Henry Oakeley

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The revelation of St John: an angel descending from the sun brandishing a sword for punishment of the sinful; an allegory of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Peret, 1993.

Peret, 1945-

Date: [19]93

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The sun wearing a headband with a star, against a backdrop of hearts; advertising a Christopher Street Day Gala in Cologne on 7 July 1995. Colour lithograph by Gerhard Malcherek, 1995.

Date: 1995

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James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.

Boscott, Martin Howard, active 1979-

Date: 1993

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George Jones of London, Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident, etc.: His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun / [George Jones]

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George Jones of London, Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident, etc.: His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun / [George Jones]

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George Jones of London, Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident, etc.: His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun / [George Jones]

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George Jones of London, Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident, etc.: His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun / [George Jones]

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A lake, a cottage and ruins: country people are resting and enjoying the noontime with the sun-dial pointing at XII; representing midday. Etching by P.C Canot and C. Norton after J. Pillement.

Pillement, Jean, 1728-1808.

Date: Dec.r 26 1759

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Diogenes, sitting in front of his barrel and being offered whatever he wants by Alexander the Great, asks Alexander to step aside so that he can see the sun. Etching by S. Rosa.

Salvator Rosa

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Three figures wearing AIDS red ribbons, one holding a flag, stand hand in hand against the sun representing the fight against AIDS; issued by the AIDS Secretariat of the Bahamas. Colour lithograph, 199-.

Date: [between 1990 and 1999]

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A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting.

Trismosin, Salomon.

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Two women hold up another woman between them, a dove, a personified sun and a flower with facts about AIDS and HIV in Venezuela; an AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph by Marco Caamaño, 1993.

Date: 1993

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Buildings of the city of Rome under a burning sun and the words 'Living places obligations!' representing an appeal for donations to the Bayerische AIDS Stiftung to benefit those with HIV and AIDS. Colour lithograph.

Date: between 1990 and 1999

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The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around a sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching after D. Ghirlandaio.

Ghirlandaio, Domenico, 1449-1494.

Date: [1798?]

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The sun lighting the moon within a blue and orange background representing an AIDS and HIV prevention advertisement for an event organised by the Japan HIV Centre in 1992. Colour lithograph by N. Tanaka, 1992.

Date: 1992

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Actinosphaerium is a single celled organism found in pond water. It is a protist that uses its long axopodia to capture prey. Actinosphaeria are also known as sun animalcules and are approximately 0.2 - 1.0mm wide.

Dr David Furness

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The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: four seated colossi of Ramesses II; a man stands in the foreground as an indication of scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886.

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A new system on fire and planetary life; shewing that the sun and planets are inhabited, and that they enjoy the same temperament as our earth. Also, an elucidation of the phaenomena of electricity and magnetism

Harrington, Robert, active 1779-1815.

Date: 1796

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Show card advertising a lecture by Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Mr James Cantlie on "Things Chinese" which is to be held at St Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, London, on Thursday March 11th

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An optical experiment using a giant lens to reflect sun-rays to create fire - with various optical instruments scattered and fountains in a Baroque setting. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin after J. de La Jouë.

Lajoue, Jacques de, 1686 or 1687-1761.

Date: [1737]

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The rays of a white sun setting in the sea with palm trees in shadow in the foreground; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health - Republic of Seychelles. Colour lithograph by Classic Design, 1991.

Date: 1991

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A red-faced sun rises above a city; stunted trees stand in the foreground; representing either the culmination of the alchemical work or the star of hope that inspires the alchemist through his tribulations. Watercolour painting.

Trismosin, Salomon.

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On the total annual heat received at each point of the Earth's surface from the Sun : and on the amount of the loss of that heat caused by radiation into space (neglecting the effect of the atmosphere)

Haughton, Samuel.

Date: [1878?]

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Neurons derived from neural stem cells

Yirui Sun

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Mouse neural stem cells growing in culture. Neural stem cells can be made to develop into cells found in the central nervous system; neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

Yirui Sun

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Neural stem cells transplanted into a mouse brain

Yirui Sun

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Mouse neural stem cells in culture

Yirui Sun

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Transplanted neural stem cells giving rise to neurons

Yirui Sun

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Mouse neural stem cells growing in culture. Neural stem cells can be made to develop into cells found in the central nervous system; neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

Yirui Sun

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Differentiated neural stem cells

Yirui Sun

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Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes from neural stem cells

Yirui Sun

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Human neural stem cells growing in culture. Neural stem cells can be made to develop into cells found in the central nervous system; neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

Yirui Sun

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Neurons derived from human neural stem cells. The green staining highlights the typical appearance of differentiated nerve cells. Cells such as these could form the basis of future treatments for degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Yirui Sun

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Rat neural stem cells in culture

Yirui Sun

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Human neural stem cells stained for Sox2 (green) and vimentin (red). Both are markers of neural stem cells.

Yirui Sun

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Human neural stem cells stained for nestin (red). Nestin is a type of intermediate filamant protein that is used as a marker of neural stem cells. The blue dots are the cell nuclei stained with DAPI. Neural stem cells can be made to develop into cells found in the central nervous system; neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

Yirui Sun

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Neural stem cells transplanted into a mouse brain

Yirui Sun

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Neurons derived from neural stem cells

Yirui Sun

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Astrocytes derived from human neural stem cells. Astrocytes are crucial for correct brain function.

Yirui Sun

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Neurons derived from human neural stem cells.

Yirui Sun

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Neural stem cells transplanted into mouse brain

Yirui Sun

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Neurons derived from neural stem cells

Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes from neural stem cells

Yirui Sun

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Neural stem cells in culture

Yirui Sun

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A crowd of people sitting in the sun with a tear down the middle to reveal a black triangular cavity; representing the effects of the marginalisation of people with AIDS. Colour lithograph by Enrico Delmastro, ca. 1995.

Delmastro, Enrico.

Date: [1995?]

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Shamash, The sun god of the Babylonians. From alabaster stele discovered by Hornuzd? Rassain in the ruins of the temple E-Babbara at Sippar. The inscription commemorates the rededication of the temple by Nebo Paliddin in 857BC.

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Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles. And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics / To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, in the year 1761. An account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus in the year 1639; and, of the distances of all the planets from the sun, as deduced from observations of the transit in the year 1761.

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Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles. And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics / To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, in the year 1761. An account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus in the year 1639; and, of the distances of all the planets from the sun, as deduced from observations of the transit in the year 1761.

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On duty under a tropical sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases, with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical contries

Hunt, S. Leigh 1843-

Date: 1882

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On duty under a tropical sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases, with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical contries

Hunt, S. Leigh 1843-

Date: [1883]

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On duty under a tropical sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases : with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical countries

Kenny, Alexander S.

Date: 1882

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On duty under a tropical sun : being some practical suggestions for the maintenance of health and bodily comfort and the treatment of simple diseases with remarks on clothing and equipment for the guidance of travellers in tropical countries

Hunt, S. Leigh 1843-

Date: 1883

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A naked woman making love with a man in jeans near a sun-lit window with the message 'Sex is beautiful'; an AIDS prevention advertisement for The AIDS Secretariat Danish National Board of Health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Date: [1995?]

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A couple with their baby in a sun-lit scene with the message in French: "each day in France 2 babies are born with HIV"; an advertisement by AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph.

Date: [between 1990 and 1999]

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A black woman stands in a field with flowers holding a red ribbon above her head with the sun behind; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph by P. Beane.

Date: [between 1990 and 1999]

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The deity En no Ozunu (?) in a leaf cloak, with his hands in mudra (a sacred gesture), seated on a rock, with a wine-jar on a low table before him and a sun and moon above. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.

Date: [1900?]

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A suitcase bearing a picture of a couple, a flower and a sun with block of text relating to safe sex precautions when on holiday; an advertisement for the National Aids Helpline by the Liverpool Health Promotion Unit. Colour lithograph, 1992.

Date: 1992

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A white man sits on a bench on a beach with palm trees, he is having a shade held over him to keep the sun off while he whips a black man man who is on his knees. Coloured etching.

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The Hammurabi Code and Sinaitic Legislation

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Albumasar Abalachi

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Exam papers in anatomy for Chinese students

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