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The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.

A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.

A cartoon figure of a man reading a newspaper with the heading 'VIHPS Revue' outside a newspaper kiosk bearing further AIDS-related headlines; an advertisement in Basque by the Associació Ciutadana AntiSIDA de Catalunya. Colour lithograph by Azagra Pevuelta, ca. 1994.

The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.

A family gathers to hear the last will and testament of a deceased member with the old lady by the door looking startled. Engraving after D. Wilkie.

A young woman holds a basket of fruit while another dangles an orange for a baby in a crib to play with and a boy looks on. Engraving by S.S. Smith after C.L. Eastlake.

A black family representing the idea that love and faithfulness protects your family from AIDS; advertisement by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad & Tobago. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

A family demonstrating underclothes sold by "Docteur Rasurel". Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, 1911.

A Spanish family picking lice or fleas from each other's heads. Coloured etching, 1812.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Watercolour painting.

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Ellen Key : her life and her work / by Louise Nyström-Hamilton; authorized translation from the Swedish by A.E.B. Fries; with an introduction by Havelock Ellis.

Flexible working : your right to have a say in the hours you work / USDAW.

A healthy family free of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

The family and human adaptation : three lectures / Theodore Lidz.

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

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Family

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Images referencing Family

Works from the collections

Ellen Key : her life and her work / by Louise Nyström-Hamilton; authorized translation from the Swedish by A.E.B. Fries; with an introduction by Havelock Ellis.

Flexible working : your right to have a say in the hours you work / USDAW.

A healthy family free of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

The family and human adaptation : three lectures / Theodore Lidz.

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

Family

Images from the collections

Images referencing Family

Works from the collections

Ellen Key : her life and her work / by Louise Nyström-Hamilton; authorized translation from the Swedish by A.E.B. Fries; with an introduction by Havelock Ellis.

Flexible working : your right to have a say in the hours you work / USDAW.

A healthy family free of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

The family and human adaptation : three lectures / Theodore Lidz.

Big brother / Lionel Shriver.

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