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  • The torments of hell in Buddhism: two bearded demons burning six men alive. Lithograph.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • Tropium Chlordiazepoxide B P : 'turns' the emotional and behavioural effects of anxiety and stress to normality.
  • Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving by J. Cole after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
  • Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
  • Thieves being tortured by snakes in the 8th circle of Hell, watched by Dante and Virgil. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • The entrance to hell guarded by Sin and Death. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1792, after T. Stothard.
  • The naked are led to hell on the day of judgement. Etching.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • Dante and Virgil watching Bertrand de Born hold his head away from his body to illustrate the spreading of disunity. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768.
  • A winged devil figure riding on a cat awakening some monks by blowing on them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • Saint Andrew Avellino. Engraving by L.M.
  • The giant Antaeus carries Virgil and Dante to the Ninth Circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
  • The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.
  • Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.
  • A glowing yellow and red fire and with figures tumbling into a pit as though hell in the foreground; an advertisement for a torchlight march entitled 'Fire and Tears' for World AIDS Day on 1 December 95 in the pedestrian area Mont-Blanc, Geneva sponsored by Groupe SIDA Genève, PVA Genève, Dialogai and AIDES Annemasse. Colour lithograph.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • The ages of man represented in a step scheme; with the divine judgement under the stairs. Coloured etching.
  • 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.
  • Tropium Chlordiazepoxide B P : 'turns' the emotional and behavioural effects of anxiety and stress to normality.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • Christ appears in the skies on the day of judgement. Engraving after M. Rota after Michelangelo.
  • The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
  • Court of Yama, God of Death. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • The identification of the wicked and their descent into hell. Engraving by A. Collaert.