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  • Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Hell. Engraving after Buonamico di Martino called Buffalmacco.
  • Snakes and Ladders (Game of Heaven & Hell)
  • Snakes and Ladders (Game of Heaven & Hell)
  • Four faces of the damned in Dante's Hell. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • The giant Antaeus carries Virgil and Dante to the Ninth Circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • The damned writhe in boiling cauldrons; representing hell. Woodcut.
  • The harrowing of hell (?). Engraving by G. Ladame.
  • The miser in hell. Mezzotint after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The monk Phra Malai (left) and a scene from hell (right)
  • The naked are led to hell on the day of judgement. Etching.
  • Save the Newchurch guinea pigs : born to a life of hell.
  • Save the Newchurch guinea pigs : born to a life of hell.
  • Thieves being tortured by snakes in the 8th circle of Hell, watched by Dante and Virgil. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • Standing within the jaws of Hell, Apollyon the angel of destruction hands his instructions to Sin. Engraving by W. Newman after himself.
  • The torments of hell in Buddhism: two bearded demons burning six men alive. Lithograph.
  • Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) entering hell. Mezzotint by Richard Earlom after David Teniers, 1786.
  • The identification of the wicked and their descent into hell. Engraving by A. Collaert.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
  • Little Hell, South Africa: the road to Barberton through a barren valley at the base of the Elandsberg mountains. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • The harrowing of hell and the resurrection of Christ. Engraving by A. Caprioli after M. de Vos.
  • Pluto, the guardian of hell. Wood engraving by J.A. Faxardo after J.J. Lecurieux, ca. 1838.
  • Virgil and Dante sitting on the back of Geryon to be transported from the 8th to the 7th circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • A samurai standing on the lap of a great, outdoor stone statue of the King of Hell, fighting off a mob of assailants. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1843/1846.