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  • The Temple of Solomon: aerial view, with flames billowing from the sacrificial altar. Wood engraving.
  • The plague brings chaos; an oriental town in flames. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Medal showing Hieronymus Fracastorius on obverse - reverse: altar with flames, harp, snake, open book etc.
  • Women wearing crinolines which are set on fire by flames from a domestic fireplace. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1860.
  • A man lying dead, from the plague, church and flames in background. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A red and yellow Tibetan demon, surrounded by flames, about to gobble a man. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
  • Four armed Shiva dancing on a snake, around a ring of flames. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A green Tibetan monster with a snake's head (?), holding a bell, and surrounded by a ring of flames. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
  • Lot's wife looks back at the flames pouring from Heaven upon Sodom; Lot and his daughters go on ahead. Engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos, 1583.
  • Bacchus being bathed by nymphs after being born from Jupiter's knee, his mother Semele is consumed by flames. Engraving by C. Patas after A. Borel after Rinaldo Mantovano.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • Two Chinese prisoners, shackled to large weights: one prisoner sits on a bench tea, while the other fans the flames of a small furnace. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
  • A bird within a golden vessel emitting red flames and appearing to hang from a chain from the sky with a rainbow beyond; an anti-AIDS advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Tobias cowers back as the angel points to the fire, flames and figures appear, and Sarah watches in the background. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet after R. Earlom after E. Le Sueur.
  • Flames of fire with details of the 10th Internernational AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization on Sunday 23rd May by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation and other related organizations. Colour lithograph.
  • Men attempt to quell the flames of the House of Commons with water piped from fire engines and a rocket attached to a man's back inscribed 'war'. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • Black and white flames against a red background with a list of names representing an advertisement for 'exposicion de 36', a fair showing an exhibition of AIDS posters by Artis Association . Colour lithograph.
  • Two children are watching a moth hovering over flames, while Penelope, who is accompanied by a stork, encourages them to turn their attention to the Acropolis; representing wisdom as the only lasting good. Colour lithograph.
  • A cone-shaped mountain rises out of the sea, crowned by a tree over flames and divided into twelve levels, on each level people are either working, sitting or running. On the far right a boat delivers more people; representing Earthly Paradise. Etching.
  • The shadow of a native American man wearing a head-dress emerging from flames; warning to native Americans to practice safe sex by using condoms by the American Indian Health Care Assocation. Colour lithograph by Christopher Sheriff and Edward Sheriff Curtis, 1990.
  • A circular crossed plate (?) incorporating indigenous symbols including a feather, a pipe, a polar bear and stones above a pot of flames; advertisement for the Urban Aboriginal AIDS Awareness program for the National AIDS Strategy supported by Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Julie Simoa.
  • William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • A circular crossed plate (?) incorporating indigenous symbols including a feather, a pipe, a polar bear and stones above a pot of flames; advertisement for the Urban Aboriginal AIDS Awareness program for the National AIDS Strategy supported by Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Julie Simoa.
  • William Pitt the younger as an alchemist using a crown-shaped bellows to blow the flames of a furnace and heat a glass vessel in which the House of Commons is distilled; representing the dissolution of parliament by Pitt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • Paul Fleming [Flaming]. Line engraving.
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].