Devil Collection (page 8)

American troops outside dugout, France, WW1
American troops outside a dugout nicknamed Devils Den, on the western front in northern France during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Medieval wall-ring with devils head - Italy
Italy, Tuscany, Province of Siena, Pienza: Medieval wall-ring with devils head Date: 2010

East Indies Devil Dancer
A Devil Dancer of the Dutch East Indies, attired in terrifying costume and make-up, designed to cast out demons and disease and inspire fear. Date: 1930s

Lucky Horseshoe on Door
A horseshoe is nailed to a farm door to keep away the devil or any other evil threat Date: 1922

Devil in the Fields
The Devil leaves his mark on the church and agriculture

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890

Child labour in a printing shop
Printers devil in France using child labour 1841

The Pluralist, aided by his patron
A satirical comment on the rise of religious pluralism in the mid 19th century

Russian poster advertising bicycles
Russian poster advertising famous bicycles: Humber, Flyte and Derby. A devil figure rides his bicycle to the edge of a high rock, while a stag jumps off in fright!

Joanna Southcote and the Public Disputations
Colour illustration/cartoon, " The Imposter, or Obstetric Dispute (vide Joanna Southcote and the Public Disputations" by Thomas Tegg concerning Joanna Southcotts " pregnancy" with)

Illustration entitled Lanterne Magique
Illustration entitled " Lanterne Magique" showing many silhouetted images of magic by Michel Delaporte, 1832. HPF/5C/0"

Model Repartee by Dudley Hardy
Humorous sketch by Dudley Hardy showing a frustrated artist trying to deal with a cheeky model. Artist (to refractory model): Do sit still! You are a little devil

St Dunstan / Black Hat
SAINT DUNSTAN Archbishop of Canterbury and Saint

Faust in Auerbachs Wine Cellar
Faust in Auerbachs wine cellar. Faust, is a legend dating back to early Christianity but in its present form based on Dr. Johann Faust who lived in Heidelberg during the sixteenth century

Table Mountains Cloud
Table Mountain, South Africa, is rarely without a tablecloth of cloud which is said to have been created when Dutch settler Van Hunks had a smoking contest with the Devil

Stages of Life 1860S
From cradle to a ripe old age of 100, at which time the angel and the devil come to their bed, each hoping to take their souls

BURNS / TAM O SHANTER / C18
TAM O SHANTER The devil clings to his horses tail

St Cado and the Devil
Good and evil are represented by St Cado and the devil, respectively

Blood Falls in Provence
The people of Aix-en-Provence are alarmed when what seems to be blood falls from the sky. The priests blame the devil, Peiresc, a scholar, recognises the excrement of butterflies

Demon & Horse Shoe
A cottager nails a horse-shoe over his front door, thereby frustrating the Devil who is lurking nearby with evil intentions

Exit the Devil
EXIT THE DEVIL Trevor Dearing (exorcist, portrayed on this cover)

Beware the Devil
BEWARE THE DEVIL Robert Lee

Poule Noire: conjuring
La Poule Noire black chicken which, sacrificed at crossroads at midnight, compels the Devil to appear

Devilish Funny Ha Ha
In Vienna statuettes of the devil are sold on 1 December but when an artist makes a life-size one for a client, returning late one night, he jumps from the window

Devil Dancers / Sri Lanka
Three Sri Lankan devil dancers in full costume in a strong triangular pose with two barrel drummers

Swedish Werewolves
Some men transform themselves into wolves, the better to serve their Master, the Devil

DEVIL & LADY / CA 1894
Another victory for the forces of darkness

Devil at Sabbat
The devil dominates the sabbat

Theosophy Man (Back)
Back view of a man (or woman?), according to theosophical principles

Theosophy Regenerated
Regenerated man (or woman?), according to theosophical principles

Satan Smitten / Dore
Satan, shown as the fallen angel, after having been smitten by Michael

Innocence Threatened
A virtuous French girl, on the way to her First Communion, encounters a Devil who offers her alternative suggestions

Caranaval De Nice, 1926
Caranaval, Nice

Saint Cado / Devigne
SAINT CADO With the Devil

Zola / Pelerin 1923
EMILE ZOLA Satirical comment on his novel, Lourdes (1894) - the Devil teaches him to be sceptical about miracles

Gladstone Vs Land League
THE IRISH DEVIL-FISH " The Creature is formidable but there is a way of resisting it..(it) is vulnerable through the head"

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig5
Act three, scene five : the shooting contest - the magic bullet is guided by the devil to Caspar, not the dove that Max is aiming at

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig3
Act two, scene six : Max and Samiel (the devil, no less !) in the Wolfs Glen

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig5
Act 4 scene 2 : Robert is torn between Bertram (the Devil) and Alice : she saves him from signing a compact, the clock strikes twelve, Bertram vanishes back to Hell

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig4
Act 4 scene 2 : Robert breaks the magic branch, destroying the spell set by Bertram, the Devil

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig3
Act 3 scene 7 : Bertram, the Devil, summons from their graves the spirits of nuns who failed to keep their vows, and promises to add Robert to their number

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig2
Act 2 scene 6 : Isabella lends Robert, who has lost every thing, armour in which to take part in the tournament, but once again Bertram (the real Devil) tricks him

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig1
Act 1 scene 7 : Inspired by Bertram (the real Devil), Roert loses everything he possesses

Meyerbeer / Robert Solo
The famous Act 3 scene where Bertram, the Devil, invokes the spirits of nuns who failed their vows - a ludicrous scene which Meyerbeer magically transforms into a masterpiece

Devil and Witches 1839
Address to the Devil : Let Warlocks grim, an wither d hags, Tell how wi you, on ragweed nags

Freischutz; Samiel
DER FREISCHUTZ Caspars encounter with Samiel (the Devil) in the Wolfs Glen, when Samiel agrees to take Maxs soul in exchange for Caspar s

Parson at Dawlish, Devon
When lost, a bad priest remarks that the Devil would make a better guide than his clerk. The Devil appears in disguise & directs them to their destruction

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