Famine

Widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality

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  • Saint Benedict of Nursia: after he has assured the monks of his monastery that God would not let them starve, several sacks of corn appear, which porters carry into the monastery. Line engraving by G. Giovannini after L. Massari.
  • M0014873: Group of emaciated men during the famine in Bangalore (Bengaluru), 1876-78
  • Les Delices de Leide, Pieter van der Aa, 1712
  • SEM Phytophthora spores on rye grass root
  • The four horsemen of the Apocalypse galloping through the clouds. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • A skull; representing starving Germans who can be helped by the Netherlands Red Cross. Lithograph by A. van der Vossen, 1922 (?).
  • Diseased potatoes ... / Andrew Ure.
  • A skull; representing starving Germans who can be helped by the Netherlands Red Cross. Lithograph by A. van der Vossen, 1922 (?).
  • People in Bangalore, India, suffering from starvation. Wood engraving, 1877.
  • You've been fed, hand drawn illustration

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