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A row of 5 black silhouette syringes pointing diagonally to the right representing a warning about the dangers of contracting AIDS through unsafe use of syringes by the AIDS Control Project of the Goverment of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Colour lithograph, 1997?.

An army of demons armed with clysters, one of which is a huge cannon, attack a man tied to a tree; suggesting the awful experience of having an enema. Pen drawing.

How AIDS can and cannot be transmitted; an advertisement by AIDS-Hilfe Salzburg. Colour lithograph.

A syringe forming the 'i' of AIDS with the message: "AIDS. Don't trust other people's fixes" representing an advertisement by the AIDS-Koordination NRW. Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen.

An Indian couple, a vessel containing blood and a syringe; an anti-AIDS advertisement in Indic. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

A doctor holding death at bay from his patient: illustrated by him squirting a syringe at a skeletal figure entering via the window. Line engraving by N. Goodnight, 1787, after S. Collings.

A group of men, women and children huddle together representing an advertisement for taking responsibility for protection against AIDS by the NACO in collaboration with WHO. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

Numbered images and text including 2 images of a couple making love, a woman lying attached to a drip receiving a blood transfusion, a syringe injecting into an arm and a group of pregnant women; an advertisement from Laos about safe sex and AIDS prevention and the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and pregnancy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

A hand offers a syringe to another hand with a warning about transmission of AIDS through needle-sharing. Colour lithograph, 1988, for the Coordination Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (French Community in Belgium).

A French physician on his rounds with his entourage. Etching by J. Caldwell, 1771, after M. Brandoin.

A two-tone syringe with the words 'VIDAIDS' representing the message that the line that separates life from death is as thin as a needle; an AIDS prevention advertisement by ADG, Gapa and Senac. Colour lithograph by the Graphic Designers Association, 1992.

A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A physician with a garland of bottles, pill boxes and a clyster-pipe. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.

A dart board on which a white man and and an African blame each other for AIDS. Colour silk screen print, 1993, after Chéri Samba, 1990.

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Syringes

Images from the collections

Images about Syringes

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A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A row of 5 black silhouette syringes pointing diagonally to the right representing a warning about the dangers of contracting AIDS through unsafe use of syringes by the AIDS Control Project of the Goverment of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Colour lithograph, 1997?.

A physician with a garland of bottles, pill boxes and a clyster-pipe. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.

A dart board on which a white man and and an African blame each other for AIDS. Colour silk screen print, 1993, after Chéri Samba, 1990.

A French physician on his rounds with his entourage. Etching by J. Caldwell, 1771, after M. Brandoin.

Syringes

Images from the collections

Images about Syringes

Works from the collections

A row of 5 black silhouette syringes pointing diagonally to the right representing a warning about the dangers of contracting AIDS through unsafe use of syringes by the AIDS Control Project of the Goverment of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Colour lithograph, 1997?.

A physician with a garland of bottles, pill boxes and a clyster-pipe. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.

A dart board on which a white man and and an African blame each other for AIDS. Colour silk screen print, 1993, after Chéri Samba, 1990.

A French physician on his rounds with his entourage. Etching by J. Caldwell, 1771, after M. Brandoin.

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