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Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Date

[1849]

Reference

35575i

Part of

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia

Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.

Reference

38199i

A house set amidst trees within a condom situated in a barren desert setting with the word 'preservation' suggesting condoms are as safe as houses; an illustration by T. F. Barbier from 1987 representing an advertisement for safe sex by the GSG, Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.

Date

[1987-between 1990 and 1999]

Reference

675072i

A cactus and a standing rock in a desert. Watercolour by B. Buckman, 1968.

Date

1.8.68 [1 August 1968]

Reference

2917570i

Part of

Adamson Collection

A camp scene at dusk with ambulance carriages and three men round a small fire. Colour halftone, c. 1903.

Date

1903

Reference

24328i

A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.

Date

[17--]

Reference

26485i

Part of

Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles

Travellers at the wells of Moses, or Eyun Musa, on the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Date

[1849]

Reference

36185i

Part of

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia

An elephant wearing a condom on its raised trunk runs across a desert; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by M. Westrup for Wizard & Genius-Idealdecor AG, 1993.

Date

1992

Reference

675078i

A figure standing in the desert. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.

Date

28th Nov. '55 [28 November 1955]

Reference

2969751i

Part of

Adamson Collection

Nature at the desert's edge : studies and observations in the Bagdad oasis / by R.W.G. Hingston.

Date

1925