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A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.

A man disturbed from sleep by visions caused by guilt. Etching by Brocas.

Adam and Eve are condemned to a life of work outside Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

The Duke of Clarence is assailed by demons and taunted by a blood-soaked angel in a dream; an episode in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1804, after T. Stothard.

Pontius Pilate prepares to kill himself in remorse. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.

Hedi Haldimann, a woman in a white collar with the message in Italian: "The disease is not a question of guilt. This is also true for AIDS patients"; one of a series of posters from a Solidarity 'Stop AIDS' campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.

The goldfish boy / Lisa Thompson.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

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A gaunt adolescent consults a weary specialist. Colour process print after C. Josef, c. 1930.

The goldfish boy / Lisa Thompson.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

The Duke of Clarence is assailed by demons and taunted by a blood-soaked angel in a dream; an episode in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1804, after T. Stothard.