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Robert Powell, a fire-eater. Engraving, 1813.

Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823.

A man on a stage at a fair eating fire, watched by a crowd. Colour process print.

Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Reproduction of an engraving.

Two fire eaters in southern India: a man and a woman. Gouache painting.

A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.

Xavier Chabert, a fire eater. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1829, after A. Wivell.

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Fire eating

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Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823.

Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Reproduction of an engraving.

A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.

A man on a stage at a fair eating fire, watched by a crowd. Colour process print.

Xavier Chabert, a fire eater. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1829, after A. Wivell.