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  • Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Memphis, Egypt: English travellers trapped in catacombs find the bodies of two Italian men who had previously been trapped there, and had starved to death: they fire their pistols at six ghostly figures; Arabs steal their horses. Etching with engraving by E. Kirkall, 1709.
  • Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • A house set amidst trees within a condom situated in a barren desert setting with the word 'preservation' suggesting condoms are as safe as houses; an illustration by T. F. Barbier from 1987 representing an advertisement for safe sex by the GSG, Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.
  • Travellers at the wells of Moses, or Eyun Musa, on the eastern side of the Gulf of Suez. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • A camp scene at dusk with ambulance carriages and three men round a small fire. Colour halftone, c. 1903.
  • An elephant wearing a condom on its raised trunk runs across a desert; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by M. Westrup for Wizard & Genius-Idealdecor AG, 1993.
  • A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.