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Der Regebbogen symbolisiert die Vielfalt unserer Lebensweisen, unsere Träume, Hoffnungen, Wünsche. die Solidarität der von HIV und AIDS betroffen und bedrohten Menschen, deine Solidarität mit uns / Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with a rainbow over it, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Engraving by G. Cooke, 1828, after C. Stanfield.

A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890, after G.H. Andrews.

A rural landscape: a piping shepherd and two couples near a river with a village and mountains beyond; a rainbow to left. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Joannes Florentius Martinet. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles, 1778, after himself.

A rural landscape: a rainbow is in the sky as a man finishes building haystacks and two young women walk home. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P. P. Rubens.

Meteorology: a double rainbow. Colour lithograph by R.H. Digeon, 1868, after E. Ronjat.

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A rural landscape: a piping shepherd and two couples near a river with a village and mountains beyond; a rainbow to left. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Joannes Florentius Martinet. Line engraving by R. Vinkeles, 1778, after himself.

A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A rural landscape: a rainbow is in the sky as a man finishes building haystacks and two young women walk home. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P. P. Rubens.

Meteorology: a double rainbow. Colour lithograph by R.H. Digeon, 1868, after E. Ronjat.