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Allegory of civilisation and AIDS in the character of Richard II. Ink drawing by N. Garland, 1988.
Wellcome Collection

Allegory of civilisation and AIDS in the character of Richard II. Ink drawing by N. Garland, 1988.

Nicholas Garland · 1988

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: "... For within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king keeps death his court, and there antick sits, scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp..." (King Richard II)

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