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The painted faces of two men, one above the other, by Bruno; with the message that being HIV positive does not mean the end; an advertisement by Mann-O-Meter, the information and telephone service for gay men. Colour lithograph.

With the compliments of C.L. Bencard Ltd : two paintings by Kapp.

No. 3 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : Red Anemones (1955) : contemporary treatment.

Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Eating out. No. 6, The luncheon of the boating party.

No. 6 of a series of modern flower paintings by Edmond X. Kapp : The Baccara Rose (1955) : contemporary treatment.

A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.

A dentist extracting a tooth from a fashionable female patient who is surrounded by young men. Coloured etching, 1806.

A woman holding her child while a servant holds a bowl of food to feed her. Engraving by A. Nargeot after himself after J. Verkolje the elder, 1675.

A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

A physician receiving a glass from a female servant while visiting a young female patient who is in bed. Coloured lithograph by P.H.L. Van der Meulen after J. Steen.

Waller, Wathen Ernest, and his sister, Waller, Miss Dorothy

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

Konst på sjukhus - till glädje för alla / Birgitta Rapp.

Basler Totentanz / Text, Franz Egger.

A Chinese sage, accompanied by his young assistant, blesses a frog. Painting by a Chinese artist.

World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

Mesmeric therapy. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, 1778/1784.

An Indian woman holding a bird while another looks on. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

A man. Oil painting.

Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Hindu deities: Shiva, Chhinnamasta, Kamadeva and Rati. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Gouache, 1828.

A temple (?) on the edge of a lake. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

A male dwarf. Watercolour painting.

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and a saint. Gouache painting.

Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

A cascade of three Sacred Hearts inspired by the Holy Spirit, with filigree border. Coloured cut paper work.

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A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and a saint. Gouache painting.

Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

A cascade of three Sacred Hearts inspired by the Holy Spirit, with filigree border. Coloured cut paper work.

Paintings

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Images of Paintings

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Works from the collections

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and a saint. Gouache painting.

Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

A cascade of three Sacred Hearts inspired by the Holy Spirit, with filigree border. Coloured cut paper work.

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