Boiling Collection

Martyrdom of a Christian saint, 1497. Creator: Master of Anne de Bretagne
Martyrdom of a Christian saints, 1497. Illustration from a Book of Hours. Latin text: Initium sancti evangelii secundum Johannem

Wife of Sangoro Scalds Her Husband's Face with Boiling Water, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Wife of Sangoro Scalds Her Husband's Face with Boiling Water, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 600

Interior with a woman reading the newspaper, 1854-1892. Creator: Gerke Henkes
Interior with a woman reading the newspaper, 1854-1892

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, c. 1634 / 1635. Creator: Jacques Callot
The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, c. 1634/1635

The Martyrdom of a Saint. Creator: Unknown
The Martyrdom of a Saint. [Probably French 16th century, restrike 1968]

The Martyrdom of Saint John, from The Apocalypse, Latin Edition 1511, ca. 1496

Fukuroi; De Chaya, ca. 1834. ca. 1834. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Fukuroi; De Chaya, ca. 1834

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views... ca
Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei), ca. late 18th century

Sly-boots, June 5, 1786. June 5, 1786. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Sly-boots, June 5, 1786

The Porridge Pot, Whaka, Rotorua, New Zealand, c1909. Creator: George Rose
The Porridge Pot, Whaka, Rotorua, New Zealand, c1909. A mass of boiling mud, which is bubbling up in all directions. Geothermal feature in Whakarewarewa

Champagne Cauldron, Wairakei, New Zealand, c1909. Creator: George Rose
Champagne Cauldron, Wairakei, New Zealand, c1909. Geothermal feature so named because of the exquisite sparkle of its ever-boiling contents, in an area of natural geysers and boiling mud pools

But the other proved a goshawk... and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Creator
But the other proved a goshawk able to rend well his foe; and in the boiling lake both fell, c1890. Two demons fall into a lake of molten pitch

In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; Thou art caught, c1890. Creator
In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; " Thou art caught", c1890. The demon Alichino chases the escaping sinner Bonturo Dati

The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, c17th century, (1908). Creator: Unknown
The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, c17th century, (1908). St John was boiled in oil for refusing to worship pagan gods under the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian at the Latin Gate (Rome)

Immolation of the Jew!, 1835. Artist: G Drake
Immolation of the Jew!, 1835. A platform with a steaming cauldron labelled Christian intolerance. Two figures stand over the cauldron, to which ascends David Salomons

Witches roasting and boiling infants, 1608 (19th century). Copy of an illustration from Compendium Maleticarum by Fr M Guaccius, Milan 1608, used in History of Magic, published late 19th century

Three witches in a graveyard, c1790s. A man passing by is assailed by demons

Watching the Boiling Kettle, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

Watching an eruption of steam and boiling mud halfway up the volcano of Aso-san, Japan, 1904. Mount Aso (Aso-san), on the island of Kyushu, is the largest active volcano in Japan

The Torture of St John the Evangelist, 1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Torture of St John the Evangelist, 1498, (1936). From the Apocalypse series or The Revelations of St. John the Divine

Fruit gatherers, 1899. Picking Strawberries, Picking Raspberries, Refreshment after Toil, Farm House, A Passing Shower. A print from the Illustrated London News, (22 July 1899)

Carpenter, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Carpenter, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

Filling and Heading Casks, 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
Filling and Heading Casks, 1826. From The Black Mans Lament; or How to Make Sugar by Amelia Opie. (London, 1826)

Boiling and Cooling the Sugar, 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
Boiling and Cooling the Sugar, 1826. From The Black Mans Lament; or How to Make Sugar, by Amelia Opie. (London, 1826)

Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). Artist: Herbert Bourne
Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer, as a boy experimenting with the tea-kettle at the dining table of his childhood home at Greenock

The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. Artist: Ebenezer Landells
The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. James Watt as a boy watching the kettle boiling in the fire. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland

St Margaret being boiled in oil, 16th century
St Margaret being boiled in oil, on a limewood altarpiece from north Germany, 16th century

Adding hops to boiling beer in an American brewery, 1885. Wood engraving

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