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  • A king presiding over a massacre of infants; soldiers pour the blood of the infants into a boiling vat; probably representing the stage of 'putrefaction' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • A man and woman wearing a hat and head scarf link arms together with their baby below representing families uniting against AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Amref, Tanzania. Colour lithograph by M. Sawaya, 1991.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinates a young child on its mother's lap: prosperous domestic interior. Lithograph attributed to J.-L. Tirpenne, 1820/1830.
  • Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.
  • Pregnancy and HIV / Khomanani, caring together.
  • Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J. Brooke, 1751, after B. Nebot, 1741.
  • An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.
  • An infant giant. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the infant Christ; the latter sits in the lap of the Virgin Mary, who sits next to Joseph. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Tibaldi.
  • Two babies sit back to back representing a warning about AIDS and children by the AIDS Hotline of the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad & Tobago. Lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A child eating a plate of food surrounded by images of a balanced diet: infant nutrition in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Health Education Unit of Lagos, ca. 2000.
  • People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • A Portugese Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1722.
  • "What on Earth have you been putting in these cakes?" : why don't you use Melhuish's New Harvest Flour : makes things just that wee bit lighter.
  • Two naked children tasting champagne and tying up bottles. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.
  • Saint Antony of Padua reviving an infant from cot death (?). Etching by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
  • Syrup Pix Liquida Compound.
  • Pregnancy and HIV / Khomanani, caring together.
  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • A woman in Cape Van Diemen carrying her baby on her shoulders. Engraving by J.L. Copia after J. Piron, ca. 1800.
  • Two naked children tying up and storing champagne bottles. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.
  • A wet-nurse dressed in Neapolitan costume holding a baby. Watercolour by M. de Sate.
  • New and bestselling guides for counsellors : HIV and AIDS in mothers and babies : a guide to counselling : Lorraine Sherr / Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience. Colour engraving by J. Burnet after D. Wilkie, 1806.
  • "The physician's verdict". Oil painting by Emile Carolus Leclercq, 1857.
  • A group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).
  • Farmyard, Bengal. Etching by William Hodges, 1786.
  • A Korean (?) woman, carrying a baby on her back.