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James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.

An army of red people behind a blue barrior bearing sparkling religious symbols attempting to quell a group of red devils bearing the word 'AIDS' and holding forks; an advertisement to use religions as a shield against AIDS by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

The Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the emaciated body of Jesus Christ; advertising the support group Catholic AIDS Link for people with HIV/AIDS. Photocopy.

A groom with his bride and a message to love faithfully and obey the christian way of life and avoid AIDS; an advertisement by the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau. Colour lithograph by A.B.C. Ngónzi, ca. 1990's (?).

Pope John Paul II hugging a child against a backdrop of christ holding out his hands to people below him; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.

The Holy Family against a backdrop of a long queue of people representing an advertisement to use religion to help protect families against AIDS by the Catholic Commision on AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Red apples representing healty living with a message about how AIDS patients can learn to live with the disease with the help of the assistance of the Diocesan Caritas Association for the Archdiocese of Cologne eV AIDS-Hilfe Unit. Colour lithograph by Hüsch & Hüsch Aachen and Werbung.

Examination of evidence and report to the Most Reverend James Whitfield ... upon the miraculous restoration of Mrs. Ann Mattingly, of the city of Washington, D.C. ... together with the documents / By the Right Reverend John England.

Limbo : a memoir / A. Manette Ansay.

Bellerophon slaying the Chimera; representing the defeat of heresy (Protestantism) in Belgium by Ferdinand of Spain. Etching by T. van Thulden, c. 1640, after P.P. Rubens, 1635.

The Duke of Wellington and his ministers recoil in horror from the shrouded ghost of George Canning who points to the catholic bill on the table. Lithograph 1829.

Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.

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Examination of evidence and report to the Most Reverend James Whitfield ... upon the miraculous restoration of Mrs. Ann Mattingly, of the city of Washington, D.C. ... together with the documents / By the Right Reverend John England.

Limbo : a memoir / A. Manette Ansay.

Bellerophon slaying the Chimera; representing the defeat of heresy (Protestantism) in Belgium by Ferdinand of Spain. Etching by T. van Thulden, c. 1640, after P.P. Rubens, 1635.

The Duke of Wellington and his ministers recoil in horror from the shrouded ghost of George Canning who points to the catholic bill on the table. Lithograph 1829.

Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.