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  • Figure of a Haida Shaman, broken legs and starvation
  • People in Bangalore, India, suffering from starvation. Wood engraving, 1877.
  • Starvation cure in a a sanatorium: a servant is bringing a message to a lady reclining on a couch in a sanatorium. Colour lithograph after Leonard, ca. 1910.
  • Ugolino, his sons and grandsons in a cell facing death by starvation. Engraving by A. Raimbach after Sir J. Reynolds.
  • Complete history of the case of the Welsh fasting-girl (Sara Jacob) with comments thereon : and observations on death from starvation.
  • A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • Alcoholism in Russia: brawling and starvation as the results of drinking alcoholic drinks, contrasted with prosperity resulting from abstinence from alcohol. Colour lithograph by T. Nemkova, 1990.
  • Alcoholism in Russia: brawling and starvation as the results of drinking alcoholic drinks, contrasted with prosperity resulting from abstinence from alcohol. Colour lithograph by T. Nemkova, 1990.
  • A farm worker has fallen among the corn owing to starvation, and has dropped his scythe and barrel; another worker is also about to faint. Engraving by Anthony Cardon after P.J. de Loutherbourg after himself.
  • Saint Benedict of Nursia: after he has assured the monks of his monastery that God would not let them starve, several sacks of corn appear, which porters carry into the monastery. Line engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Massari.
  • A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840.
  • A man, ruined through drink, sits at home with his poor, starving family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Plague, war and famine. Engraving by Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • Plague, war and famine. Engraving by Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • Cornelia, the Vestal Virgin, entombed alive surrounded by bones in the dungeon. Line engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.
  • A drunken man at home with his starving and ruined family. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A hopeless drunkard lying on his bed watched by his poor wife and son. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.
  • A mother protecting her baby, representing an appeal for starving children. Photolithograph after K. Kollwitz.
  • Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.
  • The people of Moses receive manna from heaven in the wilderness. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1637-1639.
  • James Scott, Australian medical student, lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food. Drawing by Martin Howard Boscott, 1993.
  • Baron D'Aguilar, an eccentric merchant farmer with animals and farm buildings in background. Stipple engraving by R. Page.
  • James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.
  • The prophet Elias fed by a raven; representing providence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
  • The eccentric Baron D'Aguilar and friend amidst his starving livestock. Line engraving, 1803.
  • Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • World tragedy : 300 jumbo jet crashes every day... / The Vegan Society.