Forbidden Collection

Witches Sabbat (Herr)
Diabolical goings-on at the sabbat - ladies yield to demonic temptations while the more intellectual read forbidden books

Tank abandoned in a field, end of WWI
A tank abandoned in a field during the First World War, with a notice attached to it written in French saying, among other things, that it is forbidden to go inside. circa 1921

No Gypsies on Epson Downs 1929
Romany Folk whose presence was forbidden on Epom Downs even on Derby Day. A group of gipsy women and children peg-making Date: 1929

CHINA. BEIJING. Beijing. Forbidden City. Hall

Fourth Yard Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, Peking Bejiing
19th century vintage photograph: Fourth Yard in the Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, Peking Bejiing

Illustration by Norman Morrow, of Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter. Captioned, Salome without the Baptist's Head'

Illustration Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter

Photograph of Aino Ackte (1876-1944), Finnish soprano, theatrical studio portrait. Captioned, The New Salome'. Aino Ackte had recently been cast to play Salome, in a long-forbidden opera

WAGNER, DIE FEEN
Prince Arindal and his fairy wife, Ada, whose origins he is forbidden to inquire into, but of course curiosity gets the better of him, with the usual consequences... Date: First performed 1834

Monks meditate and die
Shahabad, India : six ascetics are meditating in the temple when a lamp sets light to a mat. Forbidden to move while meditating, they burn to a holy death. Date: 1939

The Shah of Persia relaxing in his harem or seraglio. He sits on a carpet with hookah pipe and cushions, while a begum plays lute

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Adam plucking an apple and Eve tasting the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, encouraged by a serpent with a human head

Courtyard of the audience room in the Imperial Palace, Peking

Gate of the Imperial Palace in Peking, China

Unclean Land Birds- Judaism
Engraving of unclean (non - kosher) land birds

Unclean Water Birds - Judaism
Engraving of unclean or non - kosher water birds

Unclean Animals Judaism
In Judaism, the concept of impure or unclean animals, plays a prominent role in Jewish law that specifies which foods are allowed (kosher) and which are forbidden to eat

Cartoon, Poaching on Forbidden Preserves. 19th century

The Earth Manikin - Scene from The Earth Manikin. Three daughters of the king tempted by forbidden apples take a bite and disappear into another world. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

Park Keeper
London characters: the PARK KEEPER makes sure evildoers dont walk on forbidden grass, drop litter, pick the flowers or misbehave in the bushes. Date: circa 1870

Ascetics monks burn to death in temple
Six ascetics of a Hindu sect are meditating in temple near Shahabad when a lamp falls & sets their mat alight; forbidden to move, they let themselves be roasted... Date: 1939

China. Beijing. Forbidden City. Coffered ceiling of a building in the interior

Beijing, China - Forbidden City - Staircase
Beijing, China - Forbidden City Imperial Palace - Staircase to the Hall of Supreme Harmony Date: late 20th century

Four costumes designed by Natacha Rambova for Forbidden Frui
Four costumes designed by Natacha Rambova for the Paramount film Forbidden Fruit, 1921 Date: 1922

Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Paradise Lost by John Mi
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Tiananmen - The Gate in the Imperial City - Beijing, China
The Tiananmen or Gate of Heavenly Peace, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

Mayan Myth / Xquiq
Popol Vuh, an ancient Mayan manuscript. Princess Xquiq (Blood) picks a gourd from the forbidden tree. It is actually the head of Hunhun- Apu, who impregnates her

Eve presenting the forbidden fruit to Adam - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 3.6. 1787

Young lady standing in a little park
A young lady stands in a little park, picking up flowers and playing with her dogs. Unfortunately picking up flowers is forbidden and dogs are not admitted at the park. Date: 1923

South China - Temple in Forbidden City - Avenue leading to temple. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime, WW1
Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime. A man says that if planes fly over his house again tonight, he won t be looking out of the window. Why, did you get bombed? No, I got a stiff neck. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime, WW1
Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime. A writer welcomes the white spaces in his article, saying that if there were no spaces, nobody would want to read it. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday, WW1
Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday. A sign says No Fishing, but a man sits with his rod and line, determined to catch and eat fish, just to annoy the authorities

China. Beijing. Forbidden City. Roof of a building in the interior

Chinese Art. Imperial guardian lion. Paw. Forbidden City. Old Beijing. China

Censorship in the book Ratione Conscribendi Epistle by Erasm
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Dutch humanist. Ratione Conscribendi Epistles. Page with censorship and registration by the censor of the Inquisition, 1747. Basel edition, 1522. Episcopal Library

The Pharisees told the man not to transport the bed on the Sabbath. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

China / Beijing Go-Gung
Palace of Go-Gung, part of the Forbidden City. Date: 1985

Abelard / Heloise / Stothard
ABELARD & HELOISE As forbidden love blossoms, the couple are spied upon Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Abelard / Heloise / Burney
ABELARD & HELOISE Abelard has climbed the garden wall to see his lover Heloise Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Art Nouveau design, Nemo Ante Mortem Beatus
Art Nouveau design with the Latin saying: Nimitur in Vetitum (Excess is Forbidden, or We Strive for the Forbidden), a quotation from the Roman poet Ovid. Date: circa 1920s

China - Sketch map of Peking
Lantern slide of Sketch map of Peking (Beijing). Shows Chinese City in the bottom half, with the enclosure of temple of agriculture to the left and enclosure of temple of heaven to the right

China - Garden in Forbidden City, Peking
Lantern slide of Garden in Forbidden City, Peking (Beijing).. Part of Box 159 Pekin, slide no. 37 Date: circa 1890s

Forbidden City, Pekin
The Forbidden City (the Chinese imperial palace) in Peking (now Beijing) in China. Date: c.1910

Part of the Forbidden City - Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

Beijing, China - The Forbidden City Date: circa 1910s

Art Nouveau - pretty girl kisses a green serpent
Art nouveau postcard design by Nini Hager (Raphael Kirchner using his wifes name for certain works) of a beautiful girl kissing a serpent. Date: circa 1900

Group of Animals the Israelites were forbidden to eat
Group of Animals the Israelites were forbidden to consume as food. circa late 19th century

Adam and the serpent. circa 18th century

CHAMPION DES DAMES, Master of (s. XV). Des Hommes
" CHAMPION DES DAMES, Master of (s. XV). Des Hommes Illustres. s.XV. Adam and Eve picking up the forbidden fruit. Work based on Boccaccios " De mulieribus claris" (On Famous Women)

CHINA. BEIJING. Beijing. Forbidden City. Architectural detail of the roof. Dragon-shaped tops. Chinese art. Ming period. Architecture; Ceramics

Woman waiting for lover
First at the Rendezvous. Why Don t He Come! Woman waiting on a horse for her lover for a secret meeting Date: ca. 1847

A Windfall - tasting an apple in the garden
A Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906

Walton Institution Visiting pass reverse
The reverse side of a visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution

Walton Institution Visiting pass
A visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution. Date: 1919

Entrance to Forbidden City, Beijing, China
The main entrance to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

Afghanistan - Khyber Pass - Border Sign
A fantastic photograph showing a group of British soldiers at the Afghan border at the Khyber Pass

The Banns Forbidden
Doctor Syntax forbids the banns

Eve, Adam, Apple (Martin
She invites him to taste the forbidden Fruit of Knowledge

Irish Myth / Dermot Drinks
Dermot drinks from the forbidden well

Adam & Eve Eat Fruit
helping themselves to fruit from the Forbidden Tree : but though the Serpent may think hes won, the Lamb (= Jesus) has plans to rescue humanity from its original sin

Sham German Tanks
Forbidden real tanks under the terms of the Versailles peace treaty the German army parades & manoeuvres with sham ones

French Protestants Meet
French protestants, forbidden to worship by Louis XIVs revocation of the Edict of Nantes, assemble in secret in the desert of the Cevennes

Adam and Eve Banished
Adam and Eve, having eaten the Forbidden Fruit, are expelled from Eden and told they must henceforward work for their living by the sweat of their brows

The Fall of Adam
Satan, disguised as a serpent, suggests to Eve that she and Adam should eat the Forbidden Fruit. They do so, with fearful consequences

Dance, China
A dancer at the Chinese court performs with her back to the Emperor, on whom she is forbidden to cast her eyes

Adam&eve Eat
eat the forbidden fruit

Emperor Tao-Kuang reviewing forces, Peking
Emperor Tao-Kuang reviews his armed forces in Peking

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