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Background imageDeadly Collection: Theosophy Chakras 1696

Theosophy Chakras 1696
The Chakras according to Gichtel, showing the four elements and their relationship to the organs of the body

Background imageDeadly Collection: Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516)

Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516). Table of the Seven Deadly Sins. 1475 - 1480. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Background imageDeadly Collection: Poisonous Plants

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Background imageDeadly Collection: Plants / Atropa Belladonna

Plants / Atropa Belladonna
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE

Background imageDeadly Collection: Wizard of Oz / Poppies

Wizard of Oz / Poppies
Dorothy and Toto fall asleep in the deadly poppy field

Background imageDeadly Collection: The Odyssey / Scylla

The Odyssey / Scylla
Scylla, the six-headed monster who lived in a cave next to the deadly whirlpool Charybdis, attacks Odysseus men

Background imageDeadly Collection: Seven Deadly Sins

Seven Deadly Sins
Life on Earth - where one is surrounded by the seven deadly sins - and life in Heaven, where we will go if we do not yield to them

Background imageDeadly Collection: Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna

Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageDeadly Collection: DEADLY TEETOTALISM

DEADLY TEETOTALISM
Deadly teetotalism leads to a shorter life than temperate enjoyment of fine whiskey, claims an advertisement for Long Johns Ben Nevis Whiskey, distilled in Fort William. Date: 1890

Background imageDeadly Collection: Cross section of a British submarine 1939

Cross section of a British submarine 1939
Illustration showing a labeled cross section of a British submarine. Reminds its readers of an announcement last week, stating that British submarine successes may not be brought to the attention of

Background imageDeadly Collection: Deadly nightshade and black nightshade

Deadly nightshade and black nightshade
Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, and black nightshade, Solanum nigrum (Solanum hortense). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageDeadly Collection: God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO

God of Death. Teotihuacan culture. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Proc: MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ

Background imageDeadly Collection: ZANCHI, Antonio (1631-1722). Death in Venice. 1666

ZANCHI, Antonio (1631-1722). Death in Venice. 1666. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History)

Background imageDeadly Collection: PINAZO CAMARLENCH, Ignacio (1849-1916). Child Death

PINAZO CAMARLENCH, Ignacio (1849-1916). Child Death, 1882. Modernism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

Background imageDeadly Collection: World War I. Tombs

World War I. Tombs
First World War (1914-1918). Tombs of war mates. Picture by Jean Lefort published in L'Illustration (25th November 1916). Drawing

Background imageDeadly Collection: GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠'Untitled

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠'Untitled
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨1886-1945). Untitled. Expressionism. Oil on canvas

Background imageDeadly Collection: Cartoon, The New Ally, WW1

Cartoon, The New Ally, WW1
Cartoon, The New Ally -- General Winter arrives to take charge of Operations during the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageDeadly Collection: AERIAL DOGFIGHT

AERIAL DOGFIGHT
A deadly game of life and death is played out over Europe as a Bristol flies against Fokker D.VIIs Date: 1918

Background imageDeadly Collection: WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines

WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines
The bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast

Background imageDeadly Collection: Balsam apple female, Momordica balsamina

Balsam apple female, Momordica balsamina, and deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Background imageDeadly Collection: Villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa

Villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa, and giant fennel, Ferula communis. A herb with leaves like fennel called Thapsia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam

Background imageDeadly Collection: Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna

Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageDeadly Collection: Fools mushroom, Amanita verna

Fools mushroom, Amanita verna
Deadly amanita, fools mushroom, destroying angel or the mushroom fool, Amanita verna (Amanita vernus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our

Background imageDeadly Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 446

Curtis British Entomology Plate 446
Coleoptera: Carabus exasperatus = Carabus violaceus (Portland Carabus) [Plant: Atropa belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageDeadly Collection: Atropa Belladonna

Atropa Belladonna
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE or DWALE (Black Cherry Nightshade)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Scylla & Charybdis / Map

Scylla & Charybdis / Map
Map showing the location of Scylla, the six-headed monster who lived in a cave next to the deadly whirlpool Charybdis, in Sicily

Background imageDeadly Collection: Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageDeadly Collection: Winston Churchill with Kaiser Wilhelm II

Winston Churchill with Kaiser Wilhelm II
Photograph entitled Deadly Enemies Now! showing Winston Churchill at German army manoeuvres with the Kaiser, prior to the outbreak of World War One. Date: c. 1910

Background imageDeadly Collection: Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis

Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis
Anti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942

Background imageDeadly Collection: Poison gas attack, Hulluch, France, aerial photograph, WW1

Poison gas attack, Hulluch, France, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of smoke from a poison gas attack during the Battle of Hulluch, France, First World War. It was chlorine gas, released by the Germans. Date: 27 April 1916

Background imageDeadly Collection: Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516)

Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516)

Background imageDeadly Collection: The Guest Who Fished An Alexandra On The Test by H M Bateman

The Guest Who Fished An Alexandra On The Test by H M Bateman. For the benefit of those who are not fishermen, an Alexandra is a fly considered so alluring to trout, and consequently so deadly in use

Background imageDeadly Collection: Four-Armed Alien

Four-Armed Alien
MAN-JEWELS FOR XOTHAR by Hal K Wells. An Earthman with an axe tries to hack his way out of the serpentine embraces of an alien creature with four deadly-looking claws Date: 1936

Background imageDeadly Collection: Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark, WW1

Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark, WW1
Cartoon, Taking advantage of the dark -- a Zeppelin airship creeps over Paris at night with deadly intent. Date: 1916

Background imageDeadly Collection: Motorised Armies

Motorised Armies
In the next war, infantry battles will be a thing of the past : the fighting will be between motorised armies, using armoured vehicles to deadly effect Date: 1906

Background imageDeadly Collection: Spaceship & Creatures

Spaceship & Creatures
DRAGONS OF SPACE [Aladra Septama] A spaceship from Earth encounters deadly jellyfish- like creatures Date: 1930

Background imageDeadly Collection: Posada, The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Posada, The Temptation of Saint Anthony -- a satirical cartoon. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageDeadly Collection: Corolla examples: deadly nightshade, thorn

Corolla examples: deadly nightshade, thorn apple, periwinkle and wallflower.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Background imageDeadly Collection: WW1 - Manufacture of Aerial Torpedoes - France

WW1 - Manufacture of Aerial Torpedoes - France Date: 1916

Background imageDeadly Collection: The Imminent, Deadly Breach by Bruce Bairnsfather

The Imminent, Deadly Breach by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Imminent, Deadly Breach " Mind you don t fall through the seat of yer trousers, Arry!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageDeadly Collection: Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis

Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis
A battle of wits: the magnetic mine and the counter-moves, a battle of wits: new types of mines countered by the Navy. Naval experts versus the enemy

Background imageDeadly Collection: Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis

Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis
The deadliest weapon in naval warfare during the Second World War: the torpedos intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing. Date: 1942

Background imageDeadly Collection: Acoustic torpedoes by G. H. Davis

Acoustic torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Off the secret list: torpedoes which hunt their prey by ear, and leave no telltale bubble track. Explanatory drawings showing how electric

Background imageDeadly Collection: Poison gas attack, aerial photograph, WW1

Poison gas attack, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph of a poison gas attack during the First World War. Date: 1917

Background imageDeadly Collection: Naja haje haje, Egyptian cobra

Naja haje haje, Egyptian cobra
An Egyptian cobra emerging from a ceramic urn and coiling into its characteristic aggressive hissing stance

Background imageDeadly Collection: MEXICO. Guanajuato. Momies Museum (interior)

MEXICO. Guanajuato. Momies Museum (interior)

Background imageDeadly Collection: ROGER, Eug讥(1807 - 1840). Charlemagne crossing

ROGER, Eug讥(1807 - 1840). Charlemagne crossing
ROGER, Eug讥 (1807 - 1840). Charlemagne crossing the Alps. 773. 1838. Right detail. Romanticism. Oil on canvas

Background imageDeadly Collection: The fly is as deadly as a bomber

The fly is as deadly as a bomber!!. Poster for Philadelphia Department of Health warning of potential health risks from exposure to flies. Date between 1941 and 1943



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