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  • Ceres punishes Erysichthon of Thessaly with perpetual hunger. Engraving by J. Matheus, 1619.
  • Pero breastfeeding her father Cimon to assuage his hunger. Etching by Francesco Cozza.
  • The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four cCatholic German states and sends flashes of lightning against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth
  • Stable rug hung like an apron on horse
  • Visiting Card of Li Hung Chang, Chinese Statesman and General
  • Necklet of the vertebrae of an adder hung with 3 medallions.
  • Note from Li Hung Chang to Dr Manson thanking him for medical
  • Note from Li Hung Chang to Dr Manson thanking him for medical
  • A mass-execution where men are hung above a burning bonfire. Etching.
  • Kalyo Kengyu, northern India: human heads hung up as trophies in a Naga village. Photograph.
  • Cupit hung across mouth of tributary stream to prohibit all comers from ascending the stream.
  • Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.
  • Measuring jugs and a funnel hung on a wall in the Red Cross pharmacy in London. Photograph.
  • The Dhobi Ghat, Calcutta, India: laundry being washed and hung to dry by the pool. Photograph, ca. 1890.
  • An abattoir: animals are being killed and the carcasses hung up from beams. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt.
  • Monks on mount La Verna; bell hung on a tree. Etching by R. Sciaminossi after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • A naked young woman hung by her wrists on the branch of tree with weights around her ankles. Wood engraving.
  • An unhappy young child hung on a wall by his nurse, who has gone dancing. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1843.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.