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A doctor goes off gallivanting with two young dancers. Colour process print after by J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A map of London: showing sites of medical interest in Lambeth, Pimlico, Southwark and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.

A map of London: showing sites of medical and other interest in the City of London, and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.

A curtained stage from which a keyboard, an arrow, musical notes, a mouth, an eye and various other symbols emanate; an advertisement for a benefit cabaret performance in support of World AIDS Day on 1 December 1993 at the Frankfurter Hof, Mainz. Colour lithograph, 1993.

[Leaflet (1863?) advertising a variety bill at the Criterion Hall of Amusement, Leicester Square, London with 7 foot tall Polish Giantess, Countess Lodoiska headline act].

A musical score against a background of painted red and yellow crosses; advertising a benefit concert in support of World AIDS Day on 1 December 1991 at the Kunsthalle, Bremen. Colour lithograph by Becker Repro Service.

Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910 : vernacular modernity in France / Rae Beth Gordon.

A stethoscope containing masks of comedy and tragedy; representing cabaret performed by medical students in Berlin. Colour lithograph, 2006.

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[Leaflet (1863?) advertising a variety bill at the Criterion Hall of Amusement, Leicester Square, London with 7 foot tall Polish Giantess, Countess Lodoiska headline act].

A doctor goes off gallivanting with two young dancers. Colour process print after by J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A musical score against a background of painted red and yellow crosses; advertising a benefit concert in support of World AIDS Day on 1 December 1991 at the Kunsthalle, Bremen. Colour lithograph by Becker Repro Service.

Dances with Darwin, 1875-1910 : vernacular modernity in France / Rae Beth Gordon.

A stethoscope containing masks of comedy and tragedy; representing cabaret performed by medical students in Berlin. Colour lithograph, 2006.