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  • London, as it appeared before the dredful fire in 1666.
  • Four 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.
  • Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Reproduction of an engraving.
  • Four firemen stand in front of their fire-engine. Wood engraving.
  • A city devastated by an earthquake or a fire. Etching, 17--.
  • Groups of people gathered around a fire in a room. Engraving.
  • Martyrdom of a male saint, hanged and tortured with fire. Woodcut.
  • Thirteen different gods 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.
  • Nine female deities (?) 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.
  • Sarawak: a Kayan man making fire by rubbing cane on wood. Photograph.
  • Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.
  • Two young men sit over a fire in a wood. Colour lithograph.
  • A hot-air balloon in flight with a fire burning. Coloured engraving.
  • Four priests holding ritual vessels 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.
  • Fourteen couples with sacrificial vessels 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.
  • Vishnu, Brahman and three other deities 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.
  • Four priests consult some writings and 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.
  • 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.
  • Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Boer War: Indian ambulance bearers under fire. Process print after R. Caton Woodville.
  • Angels blow trumpets and fire descends upon the earth. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • A column emerges from the sacrificial fire as eighteen deities perform a yagna, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A map of the world with the four elements, according to Ptolomy, Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and the North and South Hemispheres and their star signs.
  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over the fire blazing in a cauldron before the king, watched by a crowd of soldiers. Etching by J. Goupy, 1726.
  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over the fire blazing in a cauldron before the king, watched by a crowd of soldiers. Etching by J. Goupy, 1726.
  • Vishnu, Lakshmi (?), Brahman, Shiva and two 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.
  • Geography: birds and animals fleeing a prairie fire. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Xavier Chabert, a fire eater. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1829, after A. Wivell.