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  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Paul Fleming [Flaming]. Line engraving, 1642.
  • A Dayak shaman or medicine man holding a flaming torch and some charms. Wood engraving.
  • A Sinhalese devil called Garrah holding two flaming torches in each hand. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A virtuous Athenian woman pouring incense on to a flaming tripod. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.
  • An Indian man reaches out to touch his young bride who wears a red sari that covers her face; a woman raising her arms in terror as flames envelop her and all her belongings, a man setting off to earn his fortune abroad with a blue sack over his shoulder and a woman (his wife?) staying at home stirring a pot; an AIDS prevention advertisement within a decorative border by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
  • Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel with a flaming sword. Line engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos, 1583.
  • Diminutive humans attack a giant cat; a ghost-like figure sits in a flaming black boat in the top left. Colour woodcut, 1883.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with flaming urns and figures with burning torches. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Two angels support the backdrop to the coat of arms of Gilles Foucquet; title page to Livre d'oyseaux. Etching by A. Flamen, ca. 1659.
  • The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.
  • The four heroic retainers of Raikō (Yorimitsu) with flaming torches, about to kill the great earth spider in its web. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1810s.
  • In the foreground a fox with a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree trying to reach an eagle's nest; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A witch, raising her arm above a flaming cauldron, recites a spell; a young woman kneels in front of the cauldron. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J.H. Mortimer, 1773.
  • Basta una tableta de: Sistral, tabletas, alertante y psicoenergetico : Hace una sola cosa y la hace bien... los cerillos prducen flamas, el Hycodan alivia la tos / Laboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.
  • Basta una tableta de: Sistral, tabletas, alertante y psicoenergetico : Hace una sola cosa y la hace bien... los cerillos prducen flamas, el Hycodan alivia la tos / Laboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.
  • Above, martyrs Woodman, Steves, Mainard, Hosman, Wood, Morris, Burges, Ashdon and Groves are burnt together at the stake in Lewes; below, the hand of Rose Allins is held over a flaming torch by Edmund Tyrill. Etching by G. Terry.
  • A Maori man holding a flaming torch; advertising the 11th Internernational AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization organized by Global AIDS Action Network on Sunday 22nd May, part of a project by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Stephen A'Court.
  • A fox carrying a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree in order to reach the eagle's nest in which an eagle is about to feed the eaglets with a cub. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.
  • Imperato's asbestos experiments. Woodcut, 1599.
  • Astrological chart (?). Woodcut (?).
  • Wooden figure of bare-breasted female demon
  • Wooden figure of bare-breasted female demon
  • A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.
  • A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.
  • A drug safety and AIDS prevention advert