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Hugging

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  • Ways in which you cannot catch the HIV virus from hugging to telephones; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.
  • The black and white figures of a couple hugging within a border decorated with the national colours of Zimbabwe; advertising safe-sex in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph by J. Shepherd for the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) of Zimbabwe, 1991.
  • Ways in which AIDS is not spread from shaking hands and hugging to mosquito and insect bites; an advertisement by the Directorate of Health Services in Manipur. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
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    Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Date: 1738 | Reference: 23215i
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    A couple hugging representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Mozambique. Colour lithograph by Luis Cardosa, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 678768i
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    The aged Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, meets Joachim by the Golden Gate at Jerusalem. Engraving by H. Wierix.

    Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619. | Reference: 20982i
    Part of: Vita divae Mariae virginis.
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    Ways in which AIDS is not spread from shaking hands and hugging to mosquito and insect bites; an advertisement by the Directorate of Health Services in Manipur. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 677467i
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    The black and white figures of a couple hugging within a border decorated with the national colours of Zimbabwe; advertising safe-sex in AIDS prevention. Colour lithograph by J. Shepherd for the AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) of Zimbabwe, 1991.

    Shepherd, Jane (Graphic designer) | Date: [1991] | Reference: 678757i
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