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  • A lecherous drinker sits with a girl at a barrel table in a dingy tavern. Engraving by P. Canot, c. 1756, after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • Six fashionable young men after a drinking session, all with girls in their arms. Engraving, c. 1796.
  • 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 naked man is held up by another; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
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    Susanna and the elders. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman junior after Cornelis Schut.

    Schut, Cornelis, 1597-1655. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 28768i
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    "Isabel": a woman outside her house in the country holding a letter from her departed lover. Woodcut and letterpress, ca. 1800.

    | Date: 1800 | Reference: 26279i
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    Susanna and the elders: she decides to follow her conscience. Etching by C. Schut, 16--.

    Schut, Cornelis, 1597-1655. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 2952374i
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    A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.

    Heemskerck, Egbert van, 1634 or 1635-1704. | Date: 1702 | Reference: 26556i
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    A naked man is held up by another; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 673759i
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