British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)

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When the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was over in April 1992 ... / Anne Meyer, The Mercury Phoenix Trust.

A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in French: 'AIDS is not dying once; we die of indifference every day'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.

Stones bearing the names of AIDS victims; advertising World AIDS Day 1992 in Berlin. Colour lithograph by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher AIDS-Stiftungen and Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.

A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in German: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.

Three celebrities: Anthony Perkins (actor), Magic Johnson (basketball player), Freddie Mercury (singer); representing victims of AIDS. Colour lithograph after V. Rytina and M. Vojáček, 1994.

A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.

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Freddie Mercury

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Images featuring Freddie Mercury

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When the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was over in April 1992 ... / Anne Meyer, The Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Three celebrities: Anthony Perkins (actor), Magic Johnson (basketball player), Freddie Mercury (singer); representing victims of AIDS. Colour lithograph after V. Rytina and M. Vojáček, 1994.

Stones bearing the names of AIDS victims; advertising World AIDS Day 1992 in Berlin. Colour lithograph by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher AIDS-Stiftungen and Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.

Freddie Mercury

Images from the collections

Images featuring Freddie Mercury

Works from the collections

When the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was over in April 1992 ... / Anne Meyer, The Mercury Phoenix Trust.

Three celebrities: Anthony Perkins (actor), Magic Johnson (basketball player), Freddie Mercury (singer); representing victims of AIDS. Colour lithograph after V. Rytina and M. Vojáček, 1994.

Stones bearing the names of AIDS victims; advertising World AIDS Day 1992 in Berlin. Colour lithograph by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher AIDS-Stiftungen and Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.

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