Stick with a flaming end used as a source of light

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Men in costume dancing with torches under a pergola by night; a women is served with a drink at the side. Engraving.

Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A torch-bearer and wife. Gouache drawing.

A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

A burning torch representing Hale's life tonic. Process print.

Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

At night, a shepherd, accompanied by a woman on a donkey, holds out a flaming torch in order to see his sheep cross a ford. Etching by C.H. Watelet, 1759, after N. Berchem, 1655.

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Torches

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Men in costume dancing with torches under a pergola by night; a women is served with a drink at the side. Engraving.

At night, a shepherd, accompanied by a woman on a donkey, holds out a flaming torch in order to see his sheep cross a ford. Etching by C.H. Watelet, 1759, after N. Berchem, 1655.

A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

A burning torch representing Hale's life tonic. Process print.

A torch-bearer and wife. Gouache drawing.