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  • A man on a stage at a fair eating fire, watched by a crowd. Colour process print.
  • Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Mr Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A donkey carries wood while people shelter and eat near a fire; representing winter. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.
  • A woman cooks in a flat pan on the fire as a man and a boy wait at the table for something to eat. Engraving.
  • Two fire eaters in southern India: a man and a woman. Gouache painting.
  • Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823.
  • Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Reproduction of an engraving.
  • Robert Powell, a fire-eater. Engraving, 1813.
  • Xavier Chabert, a fire eater. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1829, after A. Wivell.
  • A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.
  • The Buddhist guardian deity, Fudô Myôô, reading a government propaganda publication, enthusing about Western customs and modernisation: one attendant prepares meat, another warms sake in the sacred flame. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, 1874.
  • Chinese woodcut: Pathology of 'obstructive throat wind'
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • The animals look on as the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by C.J. Visscher.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • The procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
  • The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
  • Men, women and child slaves near Tete, Mozambique, are forced to walk through the fields fettered at the neck and wrists. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after J.B. Zwecker.