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Thirst

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  • An angel gives Elijah cake and water. Line engraving by W. Panneels after P.P. Rubens.
  • James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.
  • An angel rescues Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. Etching by E. Rooker after C. Le Brun.
  • Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.
  • God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
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    Page 62: a man quenching his thirst from a water carrier. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 27224i
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    Three herdsmen resting; one of them needs a drink. Etching by I.J. de Claussin, 1806, after N. Berchem, 1668.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: 1806 | Reference: 2815102i
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    Dissertatio medica inauguralis, exhibens veram sitis naturalis historiam ... / ex auctoritate ... Guilielmi Jacobi 's Gravesande ... publico ac solemni eruditorum examini subjicit Guilielmus Cramerus.

    Cramer, Wilhelm. | Date: 1723
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    Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

    Copley, John Singleton, 1737-1815. | Date: 2 July 1798 | Reference: 20805i
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    An angel gives Elijah cake and water. Line engraving by W. Panneels after P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Reference: 18590i
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