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  • Vishnu as Matsya, the fish incarnation fighting a demon. Gouache drawing.
  • An evil demon (dMu) who causes dropsy. Watercolour by a Tibetan painter.
  • Durga riding on her lion killing a demon. Watercolour drawing.
  • The graves open on the day of judgement; Christ, apostles and female saints look on. Engraving after M. Heemskerck, 1564.
  • A deathbed: a man breathes his last, the devil flies down and grabs his soul (in the form of a baby) from his mouth. Engraving, 16--.
  • Demonology and devil-lore / Moncure D. Conway.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • Witchcraft: a ship being confronted by a sea-devil (?). Woodcut, 1720.
  • Donde vá mamà?.
  • The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • A man on his deathbed. Drawing attributed to H.P. Bone.
  • Fallen angels with animalized characteristics tumble from heaven under the sword of Michael. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.
  • The certainty of the world of spirits. Fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts, operations, voices, etc. Proving the immortality of souls, the malice and miseries of the devils and the damned, and the blessedness of the justified / Written for the conviction of sadduces & infidels. By Richard Baxter.
  • Mallevs maleficarvm, maleficas et earvm hæresim frameā conterens, ex variis avctoribvs compilatvs. Et in quatuor tomos iusté distributus, qvorvm dvo priores vanas dæmonvm versutias, præstigiosas eorum delusiones, superstitiosas strigimagarum cæremonias, horrendos etiam cum illis congressus; exactam denique tam pestiferæ sectæ disquisitionem, & punitionem complectuntur. Tertius praxim exorcistarum ad dæmonum, & strigimagarum maleficia de Christi fidelibus pellenda; quartus verò artem doctrinalem, benedictionalem, & exorcismalem continent ... / [Heinrich Institoris].
  • Saul consults Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead; demons crowd the background. Engraving by J. Taylor after S. Rosa, 1813.
  • A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.
  • Witchcraft: the devil bringing medicine to a man or woman in bed (?). Woodcut, 1720.
  • Lucifer's angels tumble out of heaven, their limbs entwined. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-.
  • A man on horseback enters a church to discover an orgiastic sabbath. Watercolour painting.
  • A devil hacks a field with a scythe. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • Saul consults Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead; demons crowd the background. Engraving by A. Laurent, 17--, after S. Rosa.
  • Devils saw away at a colic sufferer's abdomen. Lithograph by C. Ramelet after H. Daumier, 1833.
  • Double picture: Queen Shrimati Pramila Rani holding court for a horse sacrifice ; a battle between Arjuna and his demon army and Vabhruvahana and his human army. Transfer lithograph.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon with other deities, set in a torana. Coloured lithograph.
  • Witchcraft: the devil talking to a gentleman and a judge (?) in a circle. Woodcut, 1720.
  • A woman holding a sword and the scales of justice; representing jurisprudence. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.