Tempted Collection

Mouse held away from Mousetrap
" My Wife won t let me!" A male mouse is prevented by his wife from taking the unwise step of trying to obtain a tempting block of cheese from a little wire cage

Horse-Drawn Canal Barge
On the road: two canal barges are pulled along by horses on the river bank; the lead horse is tempted onwards with a bowl of food

Jesus Rejects Satan
Jesus, in the wilderness, is tempted by Satan with attractive special offers, but rejects them and him

Adam, Eve & Serpent
While Adam admires the fauna of Eden, Eve is tempted into trying the fruit

Mongrel puppy tempted by his masters shoes. Date: 1914

Comic Postcard - feeble Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl
Comic Postcard - ( My Word !) Get Thee behind me Temptress - a feeble and effete Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl, although one wonders if she is quite his type anyway... 1910

Temptation by Stanislas Martougen (1873-?)
Temptation (L Appat, Allurement, El Cebo, L Esca) by Stanislas Martougen (1873-?) Date: circa 1910s

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

SAINT ANTONY OF EGYPT is tempted, unsuccessfully, by a satyr, Below, the saint in the desert Date: 251 - 356

ANTONY OF EGYPT
SAINT ANTONY OF EGYPT Much-tempted desert hermit, depicted as living on the outskirts of a 16th century German town Date: 251 - 356

WINDOW-SHOPPING 1850S
WINDOW SHOPPING Date: early 1850s

EVE IS TEMPTED
Eve yields to temptation while the serpent slides discreetly away

Lurking demon in the corn
A demon lurks among the cornstalks, waiting to ensnare the innocent girl as she pursues a butterfly, symbol of frivolity... Date: 1866

Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Paradise Lost by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Engraving

Adam and Eve with the serpent in the Garden of Eden
Adam and Eve are tempted by the serpent who wears a crown to show that, despite his diabolical nature, he is still King of the Underworld

Illustration to Morte d Arthur by Aubrey Beardsley
How a devil in womans likeness would have tempted Sir Bors, an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to Malorys Le Morte d Arthur, published by J.M. Dent, 1893 - 1894. Date: 1893

Temptation by Berthold Genzmer - a young lad with a basket full of porcelain ornaments is tempted to pilfer a slice of sweet pie/cake from his Bakers apprentice friend (balanced carefully on his head)

Saint Benedict of Norcia
SAINT BENEDICT of Norcia, hermit, depicted being tempted by a demon disguised as a beautiful woman : you will be glad to learn that Benedict successfully resisted Date: 480? - 547

Adam and Eve - Garden of Eden - The First Love. Eve takes of bite out of the forbidden fruit, whilst her temptor (the serpent) also tucks in to a shiny fruit. Date: circa 1910s

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkey
What my beautiful Councils have given me

Adam, Eve & Fig-Tree
ADAM AND EVE TEMPTED Eve invites Adam to have a fig from the tree, while a very feminine-looking serpent watches

A portrait of Juliette Compton in the British film Woman Tempted, 1926 Date: 1926

Saint Herluca
SAINT HERLUCA Our picture shows this virgin being tempted by a very ugly devil, whose suggestions she is doubtless rejecting. We know nothing more about her. Date: probably 3rd century

The Temptress Russia is tempted by sedition. Date: 1905

Hermit Tempted
A hermit is visited in his cave by demons, one of whom takes on the semblance of a beautiful and friendly female - he is sorely tempted

The Woman Who Gambles bys Buchanan Rogerson
Promotional postcard for The Woman Who Gambles by S. Buchanan Rogerson. First produced at the Colosseum, Oldham, 29th January and Princes Theatre, Poplar, 2nd July 1906

The Snake Skin Shoes or the Temptation of Eve
The Snake-Skin Shoes, or, the Temptation of Eve by Pierrot. A young woman in a shoe shop is tempted by a pair of snake skin shoes presented by the somewhat saturnine looking sales assistant

The Vicars Temptation by William Heath Robinson
As his parishioners come out of church into a snow-covered churchyard, the vicar bends down to make a snowball, The question is, will he throw it, and if so, at whom? 1947

Cockney Humour - temptation
Salvation Army Captain: " When the Serpent tempted Eve" Bill: " Oh Chuck it! There wanted no bloomin snake

Adam and the serpent. circa 18th century

White Sliced Loaf
White sliced bread - don t be tempted, its very BAD for you! Date: early 1980s

Purcells opera King Arthur at Drury Lane Theatre, London
Purcells opera King Arthur on stage at Drury Lane Theatre, London

LOOK AHEAD
Tom sees a group of fortune- tellers and prophesiers coming towards him but refuses to be tempted to look at the future

The Shepherd & the Sea
THE SHEPHERD AND THE SEA A shepherd cannot be tempted again by the promise of riches as a sea merchant, having suffered shipwreck; he prefers to be content with his flock

The Stag and the Vine
THE STAG AND THE VINE A stag is hidden from the hunters and their dogs by a thick vine, but is then tempted to eat the grapes and the rustling gives him away

Chamberlain Tempted
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN is tempted to fraternise with Gladstones Irish Home Rule faction, but he is restrained by the marquess of Hartington

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

Tempted Lady
Temptation at the dressing- table

St Antony Tempted / Motte
SAINT ANTONY OF EGYPT He is tempted in an Egyptian tomb by a succession of outwardly attractive females, but he knows they are demons under the skin

Adam, Eve are Tempted
Adam and Eve yield to temptation

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

Rama Spurns Demon Lover
RAMA, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is tempted by Shurpanakha, a Rakshasa (demon) but he spurns her, for which she will seek revenge

Jesus Temptation
Jesus is tempted by Satan in the wilderness

Eve and Serpent
Eve tempted by the Serpent

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