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Playing with fire.
Date: 1947
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Laurence SterneReference: 22033i
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The serpent sacrifice. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26226i
Archives and manuscripts
"This will ruin you! But its all in the [interests] of Science"
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: 16 July 1957Reference: PP/ADA/C/8/15/12
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Frank Rowntree compilation recordings. Part 6, Track 13.
Date: 1973
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Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play cards. Engraving by R. Delaunay after Marchais after D. Teniers.
David Teniers the YoungerDate: 1809Reference: 22993i
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An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 35907i
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Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.
Benjamin WestDate: 1 January 1791Reference: 23963i
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The Fire of London and St. Bartholomew's Hospital / by Gweneth Whitteridge.
Gweneth WhitteridgeDate: 1952
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A fire survival guide : what to do if fire breaks out in your home / Home Office Public Relations Branch.
Date: 1991
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A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Maerten de VosReference: 45101i
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Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
Reference: 47788i
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The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.
TitianDate: 1500-1599Reference: 21627i
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Francesco AlbaniDate: 1695Reference: 23618i
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The nature of fire.
Date: 1969
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Six masks with a skeleton throwing a corpse on to a fire below
Bonwick, Gillian, active approximately 1966.Date: 21 March 1966Reference: 2913940i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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A pious son looks after his sick mother, a couple bring firewood. Mezzotint (?).
Reference: 17061i
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Two people seated inside a palisade prior to execution by immolation
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2952451i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21357i
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Notes on Digby's experiments
Digby, Sir Kenelm, 1603-1665.Date: 1668Reference: MS.2124
Part of: Digby, Sir Kenelm (1603-1665)
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Disputatio physica inauguralis, theoriam ignis complectens ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Gulielmus Cleghorn, Britannus.
Cleghorn, William, 1754-1783Date: 1779
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Old Saint Pauls. A tale of the plague and the fire / by William Harrison Ainsworth.
William Harrison AinsworthDate: 1847
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Chemistry: vessels for heating with furnaces, including apparatus for bathing, making beer, making vinegar, etc. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: 1763Reference: 47820i
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Frances the firefly.
Date: [1990]
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Jesus blesses Joseph as he dies. Engraving by C. Fantetti after C. Maratta.
Carlo MarattaReference: 20980i

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Playing with fire.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

The serpent sacrifice. Chromolithograph.

"This will ruin you! But its all in the [interests] of Science"

Frank Rowntree compilation recordings. Part 6, Track 13.

Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play cards. Engraving by R. Delaunay after Marchais after D. Teniers.

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

The Fire of London and St. Bartholomew's Hospital / by Gweneth Whitteridge.

A fire survival guide : what to do if fire breaks out in your home / Home Office Public Relations Branch.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

The nature of fire.

Six masks with a skeleton throwing a corpse on to a fire below

A pious son looks after his sick mother, a couple bring firewood. Mezzotint (?).

Two people seated inside a palisade prior to execution by immolation

African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.

Notes on Digby's experiments

Disputatio physica inauguralis, theoriam ignis complectens ... / Eruditorum examini subjicit Gulielmus Cleghorn, Britannus.

Old Saint Pauls. A tale of the plague and the fire / by William Harrison Ainsworth.

Chemistry: vessels for heating with furnaces, including apparatus for bathing, making beer, making vinegar, etc. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Frances the firefly.

Jesus blesses Joseph as he dies. Engraving by C. Fantetti after C. Maratta.