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Friendship

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Images about Friendship

47 images from works
  • 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.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Drawing by or after E. Le Sueur, 16--.
  • A woman sitting outside with a friend breast-feeding her child, a goat accompanies them. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Watercolour painting.
  • A group photograph of gay men standing in a triangular formation with the message 'Friends remain friends, HIV positive or not'; an advertisement for helplines for those with AIDS and HIV by Het AIDS team in Antwerp. Colour lithograph by Wilberto van den Boogaard, ca. 1995.
  • A convalescent soldier from Waterloo sitting with his wife and children. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1847, after W. Mulready.
  • When a friend has AIDS... / Catholic AIDS Link.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
  • A multi-coloured wavy background with two black silhouettes reaching toward each other and an eye in between them; one of a series of [5] Aboriginal posters entitled 'Everybody's Business' concerning 'Caring for People with AIDS' commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services. Colour lithograph by Bronwyn Bancroft, 1992.
  • When a friend has AIDS... / Catholic AIDS Link.
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Works from the collections

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    A man suffering from dropsy dictating his will while a physician takes his pulse, he is surrounded by his wife and friends. Engraving.

    | Reference: 21623i
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    De senectute, De amicitia, De divinatione / Cicero ; with an English translation by William Armistead Falconer.

    Cicero, Marcus Tullius. | Date: 1971
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    Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Drawing by or after E. Le Sueur, 16--.

    Le Sueur, Eustache, 1616-1655. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699?] | Reference: 643030i
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    The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Watercolour painting.

    | Reference: 21733i
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    Friendship / A.C. Grayling.

    Grayling, A. C. | Date: 2013
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Soldiers
Weapons
Armor
Kings and rulers
Poisons
Letters
Physician and patient
Sick
Alexander the Great
Philip of Acarnania.

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