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  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • Rembrandt, portrayed perhaps as the prodigal son, stands with his arm round a lady (represented by his wife Saskia) by a banquet table and raises his glass. Lithograph after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.
  • Susanna and the elders. Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman junior after Cornelis Schut.
  • Two bare-chested men in a nightclub agree to safe sex; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by H.-H.Salmon, 1990.
  • Two men with square heads bearing the positive and minus signs of HIV perform anal sex with the words 'safe-love', 'safe-lust' and two joined hearts across their bodies; a reminder to gay men to practice safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • Words relating to sex litter the page between swirling patterns; representing an advertisement for safe sex by the Gay Men's Health Education Unit. Colour lithograph by Paull McKee.
  • A coachman holding a full tankard of beer in one hand and caressing a lady with the other; verses in Dutch, French and English below. Etching by J. Punt, 1756, after G. van der Myn.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt the Elder, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767.