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1 print : etching with aquatint ; platemark 21.3 x 15 cm

Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

The imposition of income tax was qualified by a new tariff, reducing the duties on articles imported: the official list of items began with Asses. The scene is a parody of the painting "The nightmare" by Henry Fuseli

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 25.8 x 33.4 cm + album.

John Bull has a nightmare about income tax represented by Sir Robert Peel sitting on his chest surrounded by donkeys (asses). Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1842.

1 print : stipple engraving ; image 26.9 x 36.2 cm

A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.

Publications of the American Folklore Society.

Publications of the American Folklore Society. New Series

The terror that comes in the night : an experience-centered study of supernatural assault traditions / David J. Hufford.

It has been suggested that this image makes use of the word 'chupar' in meaning 'to suck' or 'to swindle', this is strengthened by the reference to the costume in the form of habits of witches, monks or nuns disguised as witches

1 print : etching with aquatint ; platemark 21 x 15.3 cm

Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 21.7 x 13.8 cm

The Duke of Clarence is assailed by demons and taunted by a blood-soaked angel in a dream; an episode in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1804, after T. Stothard.

Three scenes: above, a man with alcoholic delirium has visions of people tormenting him, while a man in bed is terrified by dreams of being attacked by snakes and rats ("Los suenos del alcoholico"); lower left, an alcoholic engraver drops his burin and his drawing; lower right, in hospital, an alcoholic who has had a leg amputated feeds another who is paralysed

Mobilier et matériel pour l'enseignement

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image text and border 78 x 50.2 cm.

Alcoholism: examples of its effects in the form of delirium, loss of ability to work, paralysis, and illness. Colour lithograph attributed to Paul-Emile Colin, ca. 1900.

Napoleon leaps from his bed, terrified at a nightmarish vision of ghosts and devils, while Britannia and Liberty float on a cloud behind. Etching by the Caricaturist General, 1811.

It has been suggested that this image represents the determined clinging on to life even by the most wretched

1 print : etching with aquatint ; platemark 21.7 x 15.2 cm

Two withered wretches trying to hold up a slab of stone. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Shakespeare, Richard III, act 5, scene 3. On the eve of the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, Richard wakes from a nightmare in which a succession of ghosts have told him "Despair and die!"

1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; image 55.1 x 40.1 cm

J.P. Kemble in the rôle of Richard III awakening from his nightmare, in a tent with armed guards in the background. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after W. Hamilton.

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Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

John Bull has a nightmare about income tax represented by Sir Robert Peel sitting on his chest surrounded by donkeys (asses). Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1842.

A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.

The terror that comes in the night : an experience-centered study of supernatural assault traditions / David J. Hufford.

Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

The Duke of Clarence is assailed by demons and taunted by a blood-soaked angel in a dream; an episode in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1804, after T. Stothard.

Alcoholism: examples of its effects in the form of delirium, loss of ability to work, paralysis, and illness. Colour lithograph attributed to Paul-Emile Colin, ca. 1900.

Napoleon leaps from his bed, terrified at a nightmarish vision of ghosts and devils, while Britannia and Liberty float on a cloud behind. Etching by the Caricaturist General, 1811.

Two withered wretches trying to hold up a slab of stone. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

J.P. Kemble in the rôle of Richard III awakening from his nightmare, in a tent with armed guards in the background. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after W. Hamilton.

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Two naked witches riding on a broomstick accompanied by an owl. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

John Bull has a nightmare about income tax represented by Sir Robert Peel sitting on his chest surrounded by donkeys (asses). Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1842.

A perturbed young woman asleep with a devil sitting on her chest; symbolizing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by J.P. Simon, 1810.

The terror that comes in the night : an experience-centered study of supernatural assault traditions / David J. Hufford.

Three old hags surround a basket of new-born babies with bats in the distance. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

The Duke of Clarence is assailed by demons and taunted by a blood-soaked angel in a dream; an episode in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1804, after T. Stothard.

Alcoholism: examples of its effects in the form of delirium, loss of ability to work, paralysis, and illness. Colour lithograph attributed to Paul-Emile Colin, ca. 1900.

Napoleon leaps from his bed, terrified at a nightmarish vision of ghosts and devils, while Britannia and Liberty float on a cloud behind. Etching by the Caricaturist General, 1811.

Two withered wretches trying to hold up a slab of stone. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

J.P. Kemble in the rôle of Richard III awakening from his nightmare, in a tent with armed guards in the background. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after W. Hamilton.

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