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  • Witchcraft: a witch and a devil making a nail with which to make a boy lame. Woodcut, 1720.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.
  • The medical practitioner as Christ, angel, man and devil. Coloured engravings by J. Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • The medical practitioner as Christ, angel, man and devil. Coloured engravings by J. Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • An old man drinks from a cup while a devil and a skeleton stand behind him. Coloured etching.
  • A bishop ordains John Horne Tooke as a priest: the devil replaces the ordinand's virtues with vices. Engraving, 1771.
  • A Sinhalese devil called Garrah holding two flaming torches in each hand. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A triumphal procession: the devil leads the Pope as his captive towards hell. Engraving attributed to F. Barlow, 1680.
  • The Maidan park, Calcutta, India: traditional Sikkim Devil dancers performing for King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales) on their visit in 1906. Photograph, 1906.
  • A devil overseeing a man having his back scrubbed; representing John St. John Long and his fatal method of treatment.
  • A winged devil figure riding on a cat awakening some monks by blowing on them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • An artist painting a woman with a hand mirror and the devil; representing the faculty of the imagination. Engraving, 16--.
  • The third temptation of Christ: Christ and the devil on a pinnacle of the temple. Coloured chromolithograph after John Martin.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.
  • A crocodile controlled by a female devil to give her sexual pleasure by applying its mouth to her vagina. Gouache painting.
  • A crocodile controlled by a female devil to give her sexual pleasure by applying its mouth to her vagina. Gouache painting.
  • A skeletal figure riding a horse past a church and the devil; representing an apothecary and his remedies. Etching after R. Easton.
  • A skeletal figure riding a horse past a church and the devil; representing an apothecary and his remedies. Etching after R. Easton.
  • A Sinhalese devil called Dewel, wearing a headdress and carrying a stick (?)in each hand. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A horned devil is writing the word address with his claw. Wood engraving by S.M. Slader after T. Landseer, ca. 1830.
  • A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.
  • A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.
  • The republican solidarity of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine; indicated by the grinning devil that links them. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1792.
  • Johann Caspar Spurzheim giving a phrenological demonstration before Franz Joseph Gall and another seven people; a grinning devil looks on. Watercolour painting.
  • The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
  • A three headed Sinhalese devil called Sanni standing before a leopard (?) and holding a trident. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A Sinhalese great black devil sitting on a black cow or ox, eating an elephant's head. Gouache painting by an Sri Lankan artist.
  • A devil (in human guise) deceiving and tricking an itinerant medicine vendor who proclaims to cure all ailments. Line engraving by S. Nicholls.
  • A Sinhalese devil standing before a red horse with numerous snakes wrapped around his body and head. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • The Virgin miraculously heals a man possessed by a devil by making him vomit nails. Etching by Luigi Nuti after Giovanni da san Giovanni.