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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--.

Crimean War: Florence Nightingale and her staff nursing a patient in the military hospital at Scutari. Coloured lithograph, c. 1855, by T. Packer after himself.

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.

A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Boer War: a British officer on a battlefield demanding possession of the wounded from the Boers. Halftone, 1900, after R. M. Paxton after E. Prater.

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

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

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.

Experiment and experience with the rifle / by Henry G. Beyer.

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

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

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.

Experiment and experience with the rifle / by Henry G. Beyer.

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.