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  • An American serviceman clutching the letters "VD" like prison-bars from which he yearns to be released. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).
  • Edward Jenner's surname made out of letters representing Aesculapius sending Hygieia to the four continents to disseminate Jenner's discovery of vaccination against smallpox. Watercolour by Miss Paytherus.
  • The Duke of Wellington, portrayed in words. Lithograph.
  • A man trapped in the letters VD (venereal disease), representing untreated sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).
  • The Duke of Wellington, portrayed in words. Lithograph.
  • Edward Jenner's surname made out of letters representing Aesculapius sending Hygieia to the four continents to disseminate Jenner's discovery of vaccination against smallpox. Watercolour by Miss Paytherus.
  • Genealogical table of the Franconian line of the Hohenzollern arranged in circular writing in the shape of the Prussian royal crown surrounding the complete set of coats of arms of the line. Engraving by M. Buchinger.
  • A camel forming the first sura of the Koran. Woodcut by Muhammad Ibrahim.
  • Vignettes of daily life, forming decorated letters spelling the name of William Davies. Painting attributed to Stephen Jenner, December 1817.
  • A silk handkerchief printed with a description of an erotic encounter with the words in the form of breasts. Mixed media, 1802, after E. Parny.
  • A workman lifting a metal bar and placing strain on his body. Colour lithograph.
  • Vignettes of daily life, forming decorated letters spelling the name of William Davies. Painting attributed to Stephen Jenner, December 1817.
  • A cock, representing Theodorus de Cock (Theodorus de Kock). Engraving attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.
  • Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Engraving after M. Buchinger, 1724.
  • An American soldier running to escape a thunderbolt in the form of the letters VD, representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph by F.O. Schiffers, 1946.
  • The question "What is AIDS?" in sixteen languages spoken in Berlin; representing health advice services for HIV-positive migrants. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The word "AIDS" repeated many times in the style of the painting "Love" by Robert Indiana. Colour lithograph by General Idea, ca. 1987.
  • An old man sits by a fire in a crofter's cottage, about to tell his story to the family that lives there. Engraving by J. Hooper after H. Thomson.
  • Vignettes of daily life, forming decorated letters spelling the name of William Davies. Painting attributed to Stephen Jenner, December 1817.
  • Ventilation of soldiers' quarters. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.