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Fasting

Images

  • 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.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.

    | Date: 1 June 1822 | Reference: 910i
    • Books

    From feasting to fasting, the evolution of a sin : attitudes to food in late antiquity / Veronika E. Grimm.

    Grimm, Veronika E., 1934- | Date: 1996
    • Videos

    Damaging the body : mini documentaries.

    | Date: 2012
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    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 ...

    | Date: [1841]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812.

    Ward, James, 1769-1859. | Date: 1 June 1813 | Reference: 4091i
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