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  • Henry S. Tanner before the start of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by Herr & Co., 1880.
  • Three means to gain God's mercy: fasting, prayer and alms, which cause the heart of man to fly towards God. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ... : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...
  • Mary Thomas, said to have fasted for over seventy years. Etching by J. Ward, 1810.
  • Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman, aged 58. Engraving, 1813.
  • Mr. Bernard Cavanagh, the Fasting Man ... will receive company at his rooms, 263, Strand ... : His first long fast commenced at the death of his mother, which took place nearly six years ago, since that period he has not tasted any food whatever ...
  • Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / printed by T. Wayte, High-Street, Burton, 1812.
  • A full exposure and confession of Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury / [Ann Moore].
  • Henry S. Tanner after 14 days of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph, 1880.
  • Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Etching.
  • Henry S. Tanner at the end of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph by G.E. Hogg, 1880.
  • Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • Complete history of the case of the Welsh fasting-girl (Sara Jacob) with comments thereon : and observations on death from starvation.
  • Henry S. Tanner after 21 days of his 40-day fast at Clarendon Hall, New York City. Photograph, 1880.
  • A discourse upon prodigious abstinence: occasioned by the twelve moneths fasting of Martha Taylor, the famed Derbyshire demosell: proving that without any miracle, the texture of humane bodies may be so altered, that life may be long continued without the supplies of meat and drink. With an account of the heart, and how far it is interessed in the business of fermentation / By John Reynolds. Humbly offered to the Royall society.
  • Saint Jerome. Line engraving by C. Mellan after himself, 1665.
  • Some account of Mary Thomas of Tanyralt in Merionethshire, who has existed many years without taking food: and of Ann Moore, commonly called the fasting woman of Tutbury. Accompanied with portraits and illustrative etchings / By James Ward.
  • Some account of Mary Thomas of Tanyralt in Merionethshire, who has existed many years without taking food: and of Ann Moore, commonly called the fasting woman of Tutbury. Accompanied with portraits and illustrative etchings / By James Ward.