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  • A precarious figure on a tightrope, representing statistics of mental illness in the Netherlands for 1980-1996. Colour lithograph for the Trimbos-instituut, 1999.
  • A man sits by a barrel-table smoking his pipe, behind others play cards and a woman enters the room. Engraving by P. Chenu after D. Teniers.
  • Snacking with Leerdammer Dutch cheese / Tesco.
  • An apothecary making a concoction in the street outside his workshop. Etching.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Mezzotint by R. Purcell, late 18th century, after A. Brouwer.
  • A young lesbian with photographs of other lesbians, and the question "What is your type?". Colour lithograph by Gebr. Silvestri for the Schorerstichting, 2001.
  • Eddie, a man in a leather jacket and jeans who does not use condoms because he has already had unsafe sex; advertising safe sex. Lithograph.
  • A room in a house in North-Holland, in which a young woman cuts a root vegetable next to the window. Line engraving by P.G. Langlois, 1782, after D. van Tol.
  • William of Orange attacks Louis XIV and James II, who are riding on an ass; Father Petre, confessor to the queen of England, rides on a lobster with the infant Old Pretender; Cardinal Faustenburg falls off a tortoise. Mezzotint by P. Schenck, c. 1689.
  • An apothecary sells tablets to the King and Queen of the Netherlands the 'socialist epidemic' ostensibly sweeping through Europe. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1890.
  • Emiel Mellaard demonstrating nine warming up exercises for athletes, designed to prevent sporting injuries. Colour lithograph for Stichting Consument en Veiligheid, 1994.
  • John and Petra, two prostitutes who think they don't need to use condoms except with customers; advertising safe sex. Lithograph.
  • Hay fever: a calendar showing effects of various grasses etc. on hay fever sufferers in different months. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Astma Fonds, 1999.
  • A hand which has suffered a bad wound while in contact with machinery owing to a finger ring which has broken and torn the flesh. Colour lithograph by E. Lukács, 1950.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Etching by D. Deuchar (?), 18th century, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • A strong man supporting a weak and emaciated woman; representing the work of the Zonnestraal sanatorium for the tuberculous. Colour lithograph by A. Hahn, 1932.
  • People are skating on a frozen village pond, two are being pushed in sledges, and one person has fallen over on the ice. Etching after A. Van der Neer.
  • King Louis XIV in bed, having been told that the rumour of King William III's death was untrue, is treated by physicians and surgeons representing different nations. Etching by P. Bouttats., c. 1690.
  • A family going on holiday: advertising advice for asthmatics. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Astma Fonds, ca. 2001.
  • Help for the mother and child in unwanted pregnancy. Colour lithograph for VBOK, 1996.
  • Five Flemish men smoke, drink and sleep in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by D. Sornique, early 18th century, after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A hand holding a burning cigarette by an ashtray; representing smoking as a cause of heart disease. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
  • A man looks regretfully at a woman smoking a cigarette. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
  • A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.
  • Fleurs odorantes : champs de jacinthes en Hollande / Compagnie Liebig.
  • A young woman smiling because she is free of smoking dependency. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • Voedingsmiddelen voor houders van inlegeven GA 401 : 11e en 12e periode 1944 (1 October - 25 November) : Bonkaart KD 411-412 : Land.
  • Five Flemish men, old and young alike, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by T. Jorma (T. Major), 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.
  • A bottle of alcoholic drink with a red flag attached to it; advertising the danger of driving after drinking. Colour lithograph, 193-.
  • The sun shining on blossom; representing the help given to tuberculous patients of the Herwonnen Levenskracht sanatorium. Lithograph by M. Wiegman, 192- (?).