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Dangerous animals

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  • A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • A frog representing 'tu' [you] clings on to the wide-open jaws of a small crocodile representing 'el SIDA' [AIDS]; with numerous surrounding AIDS-related messages in Spanish and English; an advertisement by the C.I.A.S. (Comité Independiente Anti-SIDI. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A flowering queen-flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa) with five glow-worms (Lampyris species) and a snake (Langaya species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1812.
  • A shark's fin protruding out of a blue ocean with the words 'AIDS' above representing the dangers of AIDS; an advertisement to mark the tenth anniversary of the Danish AIDS Information system in Odense. Colour lithograph after P. Arnoldi, ca. 1995.
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    A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 24657i
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    A frog representing 'tu' [you] clings on to the wide-open jaws of a small crocodile representing 'el SIDA' [AIDS]; with numerous surrounding AIDS-related messages in Spanish and English; an advertisement by the C.I.A.S. (Comité Independiente Anti-SIDI. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

    | Date: [1996?] | Reference: 675770i
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    A shark's fin protruding out of a blue ocean with the words 'AIDS' above representing the dangers of AIDS; an advertisement to mark the tenth anniversary of the Danish AIDS Information system in Odense. Colour lithograph after P. Arnoldi, ca. 1995.

    Arnoldi, Per. | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 676519i
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    A flowering queen-flower (Lagerstroemia speciosa) with five glow-worms (Lampyris species) and a snake (Langaya species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1812.

    | Date: 22 October 1812 | Reference: 25536i
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