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  • The fire ordeal of Prince Siyavash. Gouache painting by a Persian artist, ca. 1800 (?).
  • Saint Florian: he extnguishes a fire by pouring water on a burning house. Coloured engraving.
  • Three Wallachian men round a log fire with distilling apparatus nearby. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • Two Indian soldiers (?) take aim and fire their rifles. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.
  • African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.
  • Illustration of Fire-making in N.S.W. Aboriginal. Photograph taken by Kenny of Sydney
  • Attackers hit by a barrage of fire from a castle. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • Angels blow trumpets in heaven and fire descends on a river. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • Diagrams of a fire grate and a fireplace with surround. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Cleopatra setting fire to the sails of a ship . Etching by F. Chauveau., 1648.
  • Trimurty, the three headed Shiva, sitting with eight other priests (?) perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A bedchamber with a man about to be blinded: a fire blazes in a cauldron and a man holds his spear in the fire while another man is restrained. Etching by G. van der Gucht after H. Gravelot.
  • Woking Convict Invalid Prison: women prisoners working the fire pump. Process print after Paul Renouard, 1889.
  • A hydraulic system for a Rowntree's fire engine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1812, after J. Farey.
  • Martyrdom of a male saint, bound to a branch on a tree above a fire. Woodcut.
  • World War One: two stretcher bearers removing a wounded man under fire. Wash painting, c. 1916.
  • A man prays to Brahman, Vishnu and Shiva and another deity as they perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Ganesha, along with five other priests and deities or Kings (?), one beheaded, performs a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man on a stage at a fair eating fire, watched by a crowd. Colour process print.
  • A device which could be used for escaping from a fire. Etching G. Gladwin after C. Varley.
  • Nezha, a Chinese deity with spear, walking on fire. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Directions : when giving a ball hold in hand before fire until soft ... / Francis Cupiss Limited.
  • A naked man is tortured and roasted alive on a gridiron above a blazing fire. Wood engraving.
  • Saint Francis Xavier, looking upwards, showing fire in his chest. Engraving by F. Ludy after E. Steinle.
  • Directions : when giving a ball hold in hand before fire until soft ... / Francis Cupiss Limited.
  • A four armed deity (?) sitting with five priests and five other deities or kings (?) performing a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A log fire with a guard in front, which a little boy touches with his rattle. Colour lithograph.
  • A log fire with a guard in front, which a little boy touches with his rattle. Colour lithograph.
  • Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.