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Concept

Firearms

Images

  • Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.
  • A gun with the 'safe' catch highlighted within a red circle representing a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by John Clang Photography, ca. 1997.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
  • Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.
  • A penis in the shape of a gun labelled with words meaning "think of the condom, thank you"; representing prevention of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Gérard Paris-Clavel, 1993.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    An animal, possibly a cat or rabbit, with a gun aimed at its head

    Birch, Martin, 1935-1982 | Date: September 1971 | Reference: 2848890i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures

    A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

    Nymark, Harald, 1925- | Date: c. 1980 | Reference: 18194i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Boer War: the convalescent Lord Edward Cecil saluting an armed guard at Mafeking (Mahikeng). Halftone, c. 1900, after S.P.Hall, after a photograph.

    | Date: 1900 | Reference: 23695i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    "Do'nt do it Mr Wilson"

    Caton, Christopher, active approximately 1967 | Date: 23 October 1967 | Reference: 2921389i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

    Gray, John Alfred. | Reference: 16767i
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