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Two profile faces, one with dotted shapes as facial features, advertising the 4th International Conference for People with HIV/AIDS in Madrid from 23rd to 27th May 1990; organised by the Comité Ciudadano Anti-SIDA. Colour lithograph, 1990.

A group of people stand on a rug that appears to float across a world map as they point to the circular design surrounding them bearing the title in Spanish: 'Poster exhibition: 1985-1995' [in Madrid]; an advertisement by Salud y SIDA. Colour lithograph by Ana Capitaine, 1995.

Four children sit chatting about AIDS; advertising the 4th course on AIDS education for higher education students in the 'Chamberí' district of Madrid; held at the Centro Cultural "Galileo" in Madrid on 16 November 1994; organised by the Centre de Estudios Sociales Aplicados [Center of Applied Social Studies]. Colour lithograph by Irene Bordoy, 1994.

Buen Retiro palace, Madrid. Coloured etching, 17--.

Monastery of El Escorial, Madrid: Courtyard of the Kings, and the basilica. Coloured etching, 17--.

Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

Clorafuron : Quimioterápico-antibiótico / S.A. Davur.

A cream condom with a gradually fading list of sexually transmitted diseases crossed out representing an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Buen Retiro palace, Madrid: the gardens. Coloured etching, 17--.

A personified condom in the centre surrounded by a series of illustrated scenarios demonstrating that condoms are safe and hygienic; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Anti-AIDS Foundation in Spain. Colour lithograph by Estudio Marisco, 1990.

Para aplicar penicilina! : ¡ya no es necesaria la inyección.

Seven scenes illustrating the importance of solidarity within the family in the face of AIDS within a grid like structure; an advertisement by the Comunidad de Madrid and Comité Ciudadano Anti-SIDA. Colour lithograph, 1990.

Les manuscrits arabes de l'Escurial / décrits par Hartwig Derenbourg.

Manual de Madrid. Descripcion de la corte y de la villa / por Ramon de Mesonero Romanos.

Catálogo de incunables de la Biblioteca nacional / publicado por Diosdado García Rojo y Ginzalo Ortiz de Montalván.

People of Madrid, two women with their arms around each other wearing traditional dress.

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Madrid

Images from the collections

Images referencing Madrid

Works from the collections

Les manuscrits arabes de l'Escurial / décrits par Hartwig Derenbourg.

Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

Manual de Madrid. Descripcion de la corte y de la villa / por Ramon de Mesonero Romanos.

Catálogo de incunables de la Biblioteca nacional / publicado por Diosdado García Rojo y Ginzalo Ortiz de Montalván.

People of Madrid, two women with their arms around each other wearing traditional dress.

Madrid

Images from the collections

Images referencing Madrid

Works from the collections

Les manuscrits arabes de l'Escurial / décrits par Hartwig Derenbourg.

Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

Manual de Madrid. Descripcion de la corte y de la villa / por Ramon de Mesonero Romanos.

Catálogo de incunables de la Biblioteca nacional / publicado por Diosdado García Rojo y Ginzalo Ortiz de Montalván.

People of Madrid, two women with their arms around each other wearing traditional dress.

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