Bites and stings
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A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.
Reference: 25031i
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Nine green and red diagrams with Spanish lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 675009i
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The martyrdom of Marcus, Bishop of Arethusa. Etching after T. Stothard.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.Reference: 43106i
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A penis rising in the form of a yellow serpent with a pronged tongue daubed on a rough red wall bearing the graffiti "AIDS, the killing bit of love"; representing the danger of sexual transmission of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Anthon Beeke, 1993.
Beeke, Anthon, 1940-2018.Date: 1993Reference: 672741iPart of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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Nine green and red diagrams with Albanian lettering on how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 675007i




![Nine green and red diagrams with Portuguese lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b1675010x_l0053851.jp2/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)




![Nine green and red diagrams with Spanish lettering showing how AIDS is not transmitted including top right, an insect [bite] to bottom right a heart [for faithfulness in marriage]; one of a series of six posters from the Stop AIDS campaign. Colour lithograph.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b16750093_l0053850.jp2/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)