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DEVIL & LADY / CA 1894Another victory for the forces of darkness
St Michael Archangel by Guido Reni Date: 1635
Paris GargoyleBlack Peter the stone gargoyle of Notre Dame is 250ft above the ground. All Parisienne children know he watches out for naughty children
The Devils Chimney, a distintive natural rock formation on Leckhampton Hill, overlooking the road between Cheltenham and Birdlip, Gloucestershire, England. Date: late 1930s
Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere
Gout (Bunbury)No need for the sufferer from GOUT to wait till he gets to Hell - the devil gives him a foretaste of the torments that await him
The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks
DURER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Knight, Death, and the Devil. 1513. German school. Renaissance art. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum
Demon and WitchesA countrywoman is amazed to see two witches - one male, one female - flying past escorted by the Devil who, it seems, also needs a broomstick
Sabbat DanceA horned devil presides over the sabbat while demons and lightly clad witches dance frenziedly round him
TARR STEPSTarr Steps, a Prehistoric stone bridge over the River Barle, near Dulverton, Somerset, England, said to have been placed there by the Devil to win a bet. Date: circa 1000 BC
The Five ALLs - John KaySatirical cartoon by Scottish caricaturist John Kay (1742-1826) entitled The Five All s, depicting five characters and their interpretations of their reltion to All
The Satanic BiblePopular edition of self- anointed High Priest Anton Laveys Satanic Bible, a dubious mish-mash of occult rituals, pseudo-magic and popular diabolism
Chesterfield ChurchThe spire of Chesterfield Church, Derbyshire. The Devil wound his tail around the spire, but the incense from a Mass service made him sneeze and bent the spire!
Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)
Gout Devil Bites 1799A little devil sinks his teeth into the swollen foot of a gout sufferer
Vlad Drakul, RomanianVLAD DRAKUL (Vlad the Devil) Romanian prince of Walachia Partial basis for legendary Dracula
Saint MichaelSAINT MICHAEL, the warrior angel, has weighed the devil in his scales and found him wanting; so now he raises his sword to slay him. Alas, Satan will not stay dead
Stunt / Wall of DeathWall of Death - Motorcycle rider Fearless Billy Ward riding the wall (picture also shows Dare Devil Marjory Ward )
Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance
SATAN IN COUNCILSatan in Council Date: first published 1667
WW1 recruitment poster, Teufel Hunden, US MarinesWW1 American recruitment poster, Teufel Hunden (Devil Dogs), German nickname for US Marines, showing a bulldog chasing a dachshund. Devil Dog Recruiting Station, Smithfield & Water Streets
Gott Strafe England - German poster, WW1A reproduction of a German poster from the First World War reproduced in The Tatler magazine and featuring the devil frying John Bull over the flames of hell under the familiar German slogan of Gott
Advertisement for Keatings PowderAn advertisement for Keatings Powder, to rid your clothes of bugs, fleas, beetles, moths, and other distressing insects. Remember to take it with you on holiday! Date: 1913
Eating at SabbatDining with Demons - witches at a sabbat sit down to supper with the Devil and his companions
Book of Revelation or The Apocalypse. Book of New Testament. Miniature. 15th century. The fifth Angel playing trumpet. Chateau of Chatilly. France
Witches Sabbath by Francisco de GoyaFrancisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Witches Sabbath, 1821-1823. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain
Devil Dancers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Devil Dancers of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with drummers. Date: circa 1890s
Lambertia formosa, honey flowerFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Lambertia formosa, mountain devilEngraving by Daniel Mackenzie from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, made in 1796, from herbarium material sent to Lambert by Henry de Ponthieu from the West Indies
Guillemette and the WolfA wolf carries young Guillemette to meet its master, Satan : in the forest, it becomes an old hag, who presents the girl to the Devil, assuring him she will serve him all her life
Witch of BerkeleyThe Witch of Berkeley, said by William of Malmesbury to have been exhumed by her friend, the Devil, who took her away on his horse
North Berwick Witches casting spellsThe North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells
Scottish MountainsThe mass of Cairntoull, one of the Cairngorm range of mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This mountain hut is for climbers, near Devils Point, in Glen Dee. Date: 1960s
Stanton Drew StonesStanton Drew Stone Circle, ancient standing stones in Somerset, England, said to be a wedding party, turned into stone by the Devil for dancing on the Sabbath. Date: BC
Jubilee Arch 1810Jubilee Arch, spanning the Old Coach Road from Rhayader to Devil Bridge, Radnorshire, Wales, was erected by Thomas Johnes to commemorate George IIIs Golden (50th) Jubilee. Date: 1810
Witchcraft - FlyingA countrywoman is amazed to see two witches - one male, one female - flying past escorted by the Devil who, it seems, also needs a broomstick Date: circa 1600
Carl Hertz / Variety 1905CARL HERTZ Music hall entertainer: Modern Magic
Satan Leads the DanceSATAN LEADS THE DANCE
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Red Man, 1815Napoleon Bonaparte and the Red Man (the Devil), 1815. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815
Wheel of Fortune on a tarot cardThe Wheel of Fortune, as depicted on a tarot card. Date: 1926
The Ferreres Aqueduct, Tarragona in Catalonia, SpainThe Ferreres Aqueduct, also known as the Pont del Diable (Devils Bridge), an ancient bridge, part of the Roman aqueduct built to supply water to the ancient city of Tarraco
The film star Rudolph Valentino, with Helen D AlgyThe film star Rudolph Valentino (previously a famed cabaret dancer in New York), with Helen D Algy in the Paramount film A Sainted Devil doing a tango, 1924 Date: 1924
English gentleman held captive by two Papal guards in uniform in a room in Avignon. A prisoner at Avignon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal
English lady surveying fancy room with covered chandeliersEnglish lady surveying a fancy room with covered furniture and chandeliers in brown-holland balloons, 19th century. Housekeeper Mrs Mustard showing Mrs Lucy Somerville around the drawing room
DEMONIC HANDPRINTDEVIL Sign of the Devil on persons back Date: 1897
Tarot Card 15 - Le Diable (The Devil). Date: 20th century
Sierra Leone - Gbangbama Devils (Native Jesters). Sierra Leone has a rich cultural history, with a strong presence of traditional local mascots, who (to this day) appear in the form of devils
The Devil's Elbow, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Charles II, called the Bewitched (1661-1700). King of Spain (1665-1700). It was believed that the king was under the influence of an evil spell
Saint Michael the Archangel with Two Donors. Circle of Juan Rius (documented between 1457-1482) and Domingo Ram (documented between 1462-1496). circa 1465-1480. Aragonese School
The Witches Sabbath, 1797-1798, by GoyaFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
The Jealous Devil, Alfred Crowquill's sketches from Jullien's Bal Masque, Date: 1850
Music cover, Mephistopheles Polka, by Richard EilenbergMusic cover, Mephistopheles Polka for piano, by Richard Eilenberg Date: 1895
Doctor Faustus conjuring Mephistopheles Date: 1929
Altar depicting scenes from the life of St Martin of ToursAltar frontal depicting scenes from the life of Saint Martin of Tours. Romanesque style. Lleida workshop. Polychromed board. Santa Maria de Palau de Rialb (Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain)
Colour illustration of a monk seducing a woman on a couch, with a red devil in the background, at a fancy dress party. Captioned, The Devil a Monk would be'. By Fred W Purvis, illustrator
Lockheed UP-3A Orion 150527 Tasanian DevilUnited States Navy (USN) - Lockheed UP-3A Orion 150527 Tasanian Devil (MSN 185-5053), on Celebrity Row at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Date: circa 1991
Mil Mi-24 Tasmanian Devil Date: circa 1990
The Devil and pollutionEven in the early 1900s the issue of pollution was causing concern. The German artist Heinrich Kley exhibited landscapes and portraits with the Munich Secession
Triptych with the Triumph of Death and the Last Judgement byRenaissance. Triptych with the Triumph of Death and the Last Judgement by Hermann Tom Ring (1521-1596), around 1550. Museum Catharijneconvent. Utrecht. Netherlands. Detail
Cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil, Vide Milton, by James Gillray. A parody of a scene from John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, showing Prime Minister William Pitt (left) as Death
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British soldiers being gassed at Ypres. WWIHow the gas devil comes - Thick green mist came rolling towards the parapet On the 22nd April 1915 at Ypres, the Germans used poisonous chlorine gas for the first time
Satirical cartoon, A Senatus Consultum. Napoleon is making his will and consulting the Devil about his fate. The Devil carries a flaming plaque: Death Bonaparte Death'
Buck being attacked: "& Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming
WITCH AND DEVILA witch, who had ill-advisedly made a contract with the Devil, is carried off by him when it reaches its death-date Date: 1555
A crafty Norwegian lad outwits a simple-minded devil by tricking him into jumping into a nutshell, in which he is at once imprisoned. Date: 1879
Gilles de Rais(1404-1440) is accused of evoking the Devil by sacrificing small children, for this and other wickedness he is condemned to death. Date: circa 1440
THE DEPARTING SOULThe soul of a man departs his body at the moment of death
A scene from The Little Blue Devil at the Central Theatre, New York (1919) Date: 1919
A bevy of girls in a scene from Monte Cristo Jr at the Winter Garden, New York (1919). Produced by the Shubert Brothers. Date: 1919
The Devil Smiles, at the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 13 September 1909 for six nights Date: 1909
The dancer Gilda Gray who will appear in the film Devil Dancer from United Artists, 1927 Date: 1927
Scorpion spider crab and Leachs spider crabScorpion spider crab, Inachus dorsettensis 1, and Leachs spider crab, Inachus phalangium 2. Inaco scorpione, Inaco dorinco
Woman in costume as a lawyer from the comedy Le Divorce, Paris, late 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Depose published by S. Miller, London, 1880s
A man and woman embrace under a hanged man. The widow of Ephesus and the sentinel canoodle under her husbands corpse hanging from a gibbet. The Ephesian matron. Le matrone d Ephise
Naked woman up to her knees in water. King Candaules and the doctor of law. Le roi candaule et le maitre en droit. Lithograph after an illustration by Charles Martin from Jean de la Fontaines Contes
Maureen O?Sullivan and Frank Lawton in Devil Doll (1936)Maureen O?Sullivan in a youthful evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Devil Doll (1936) but not seen in the film. Elaborate in design this model achieved an effect of simplicity most becoming of
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Friars Tale, showing the corrupt Summoner, the Devil and the Widow. Date: 1845
The Skeleton of Death and the Devil fight over a GamblerThe Skeleton of Death and the Devil fighting over a losing Gamester in a gambling house. Two other gamblers sit at a table with cards and coins
Mountain devil, Lambertia formosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after George Loddiges from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817
Manta ray, Manta birostris, devil ray, Mobula mobular, and reef manta ray, Manta alfredi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre
