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  • Flamingo flowers (Anthurium scherzerianum): flowers and leaves. Coloured lithograph, c. 1862, after W. Fitch.
  • Illustration of a flamingo and a avocet
  • Complete skeleton of a flamingo (Phoenicopteridae). Flamingos are tall wading birds with long, delicate legs and downturned bills. They also have long, curved necks which are made up of multiple vertebrae as seen here. The flamingo is 62 cm from ground to shoulder.
  • A flamingo standing on the shore of a lake picking at grass. Etching by Eastgate.
  • Above, a flamingo, two pheasants, a seal, a rock manakin, and a sea calf; below, a parakeet, a manakin, a macao, a trumpeter (pigeon), and the sprig and fruit of the pistachio tree. Engraving by Heath.
  • Justicia carnea Lindl. Acanthaceae. Brazilian Plume flower, Flamingo flower. Shrimp plant. Tender shrub. Distribution: Atlantic coast of Brazil. Named for James Justice (1698-1753) Scottish horticulturist, lawyer, 'tulip maniac' (Desmond, 1977). Asian species of Justicia are noted to be toxic and contain cytotoxic compounds which inhibit virus replication (Wiart, 2006) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • An hippopotamus, a pelican, two flamingos, two water-rats, two ostriches and a crocodile in a landscape. Watercolour.
  • Paul Fleming [Flaming]. Line engraving.
  • Paul Fleming [Flaming]. Line engraving, 1642.
  • A Dayak shaman or medicine man holding a flaming torch and some charms. Wood engraving.
  • A Sinhalese devil called Garrah holding two flaming torches in each hand. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
  • A virtuous Athenian woman pouring incense on to a flaming tripod. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.
  • Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel with a flaming sword. Line engraving by R. Sadeler after M. de Vos, 1583.
  • Diminutive humans attack a giant cat; a ghost-like figure sits in a flaming black boat in the top left. Colour woodcut, 1883.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with flaming urns and figures with burning torches. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • The archangel Michael, holding a flaming sword and the scales of justice; in heaven the angels kneel before Christ; representing the Day of Judgement. Woodcut.
  • The four heroic retainers of Raikō (Yorimitsu) with flaming torches, about to kill the great earth spider in its web. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1810s.
  • In the foreground a fox with a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree trying to reach an eagle's nest; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A witch, raising her arm above a flaming cauldron, recites a spell; a young woman kneels in front of the cauldron. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J.H. Mortimer, 1773.
  • Above, martyrs Woodman, Steves, Mainard, Hosman, Wood, Morris, Burges, Ashdon and Groves are burnt together at the stake in Lewes; below, the hand of Rose Allins is held over a flaming torch by Edmund Tyrill. Etching by G. Terry.
  • A Maori man holding a flaming torch; advertising the 11th Internernational AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization organized by Global AIDS Action Network on Sunday 22nd May, part of a project by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Stephen A'Court.
  • A fox carrying a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree in order to reach the eagle's nest in which an eagle is about to feed the eaglets with a cub. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.
  • A happy Ethiopian family representing health care in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by Kinfe Tesfaye for Care Advert, 2007.
  • The Israelites afflicted by a plague of serpents; two men worshipping the brazen serpent erected by Moses. Engraving by M. Coxcie, 15--.
  • Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
  • Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo. Gouache painting.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo. Gouache painting.
  • Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden by a sword-bearing angel. Woodcut.
  • Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden by a sword-bearing angel. Lithograph by N. Consoni after Raphael.