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Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.
Cornelis de BruijnDate: [1718]Reference: 20216i
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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as protector against fires. Engraving by Geoffroy.
Date: [1842?]Reference: 10199i
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A journal of the plague year, or, Memorials of the great pestilence in London, in 1665 / by Daniel De Foe. Revised edition with historical notes by E. W. Brayley ... Also, some account of the great fire in London in 1666, by Gideon Harvey ... with an appendix containing the Earl of Clarendon's account of the fire. With illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank.
Daniel DefoeDate: [1881]
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A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.
Jean-Honoré FragonardReference: 16023i
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A person suspended on a rope over a fire
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: 2 June 1955Reference: 2969665i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The nature of fire.
Date: 1969
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A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
William Marshall CraigDate: 1st May 1813Reference: 37887i
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The nature of fire.
Date: 1969
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A man surrounded by flames holding a test tube, with a large calibrated tube in foreground and two heads to right
Birch, Martin, 1935-1982Date: c.1966-1977Reference: 2848446i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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"Judgement Day"
Davidson, Paul, active approximately 1967.Date: August 1967Reference: 2922534i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured engraving after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 35908i
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Playing with fire.
Date: 1947
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Chemistry: various furnaces. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 47819i
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"Marietje Pieter en katten 3/6/44"
Lorraine, Mary, active approximately 1966-1967Date: August 1967Reference: 3000887i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington: a nurse and two female patients [?] one drying her hair in front of a fire. Watercolour painting by Nurse Flower, 1891.
Flower (Nurse), active 1891.Date: 1891Reference: 38505i
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Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
Date: 1616Reference: 35413i
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Mourners, some in stovepipe hats, watching the burning of a funeral pyre
Bonwick, Gillian, active approximately 1966.Date: 28 March 1966Reference: 2913941i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A woman being burnt at the stake with an ordinance against witchcraft to the right
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2969676i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A guide for elderly people / [produced by the Home Office and the Central Office of Information].
Date: 1991]
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Playing with fire.
Andreotti, JennaDate: 2021Reference: 3352843i
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Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
Date: [1913]
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
Francesco AlbaniDate: 2 Jan[uar]y 1797Reference: 23947i
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Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
Reference: 38199i
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The plague and fire of London / [John Langdon-Davies].
John Langdon-DaviesDate: [1964, ©1963]
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A hydraulic system for a Rowntree's fire engine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1812, after J. Farey.
John Farey, Jr.Date: 1812Reference: 29366i

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Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as protector against fires. Engraving by Geoffroy.

A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.

A person suspended on a rope over a fire

The nature of fire.

A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.

The nature of fire.

A man surrounded by flames holding a test tube, with a large calibrated tube in foreground and two heads to right

"Judgement Day"

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured engraving after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

Playing with fire.

Chemistry: various furnaces. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

"Marietje Pieter en katten 3/6/44"

The London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington: a nurse and two female patients [?] one drying her hair in front of a fire. Watercolour painting by Nurse Flower, 1891.

Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.

Mourners, some in stovepipe hats, watching the burning of a funeral pyre

A woman being burnt at the stake with an ordinance against witchcraft to the right

A guide for elderly people / [produced by the Home Office and the Central Office of Information].

Playing with fire.

Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.

The plague and fire of London / [John Langdon-Davies].

A hydraulic system for a Rowntree's fire engine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1812, after J. Farey.