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  • The god Vishnu in his fish avatar, Matsya, vanquishing the demon Hayagriva (left), who had stolen the sacred scriptures (Vedas) from the god Brahma. Gouache drawing.
  • Durga mounted on her lion fighting a demon army. Gouache drawing.
  • The seven-headed beast is worshipped by men of all nations, as told in the Book of Revelations. Engraving.
  • Saint Antony Abbot: he is followed in the street by demonic persecutors. Colour etching by A. Pond, 1736, after L. Cambiaso.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching.
  • The child Samuel is laid down to sleep and the hushed priests await his prophecies; the elaborate surrounding panel is decorated with florid demons. Engraving.
  • Chinese people driving away evil spirits at Malacca, Malaysia. Wood engraving by D. Macpherson, 1891.
  • A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Medea draining the blood of Aeson in order to rejuvenate him with her special brew. Engraving.
  • Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.
  • 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-.
  • 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.
  • The damned writhe in boiling cauldrons; representing hell. Woodcut.
  • A chariot bearing Aesculapius rides above suffering humanity: representing pathology. Etching by J. Chapman, 1823, after A.D. Macquin.
  • 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-.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • Saint Antony Abbot: he is tormented by devils, one of whom is disguised as a woman offering him a glass. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Surrounded by ghoulish apparitions, a manic priest carries an enema towards a wretchedly praying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, c. 1797.
  • Vishnu as Matsya, the fish incarnation fighting a demon. Gouache drawing.
  • Saint Sebastian, Christ with crucifix, Saint Francis and Saint Michael and a vanquished demon. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.G. Sementi.
  • Lucifer's angels tumble out of heaven, their limbs entwined. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching by J.D. de Montalegre and M.H. Rentz.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901.