Fasting Collection

Suffragettes - Christmas Dinner in Holloway by Lawson Wood
Four portly prison officers and policemen force feed a handcuffed suffragette Christmas pudding from the police buffet trolley in Holloway Prison. Date: 1912

Turkey. Constantinople. Iftar or dinner of Grand Vizier
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Iftar or dinner of Grand Vizier and ministers on the third night of Ramadan. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

The flapper and the Quarterback - Ruth Page and Jorg Fasting in a series of poses from their dance performed in recital this season, 1928 Date: 1928

Day of Atonement at Houndsditch Synagogue, London 1901
Monday was the Day of Atonement, also known as Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. It centers around atonement and repentance and involves a 25 hour fasting period

Mollie Fancher(1848-1910), known as the Brooklyn Enigma for, amongst other phenomena, her perceived ability to fast for long periods on time

ANN MOORE fasting lady of Tutbury, Staffordshire, who was considered genuine when tested in 1808, but exposed as a fake in 1813 Date: 1761 - 1813

Pakistani Greetings Postcard - Eid Festival (1 / 4)
Pakistani Greetings Postcard - Eid Festival (1/4). Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Date: circa 1930s

Dr Tanner Fasting 1880
Dr Tanner of New York fasts for forty days as a scientific experiment. Date: 1880

Saint Genevieve in Paris
Saint Genevieve (d.500) - Patroness of Paris. Took veil at 15 after the death of her parents and moved to Paris. Made a personal sortie to gain supplies for the City during the siege of Paris by

Sacco / Fasting Man
Sacco, the Champion fasting man

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