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'The Door-God - Civil', 1922. Creator: Unknown

'The Door-God - Civil', 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds. From "Myths and Legends of China", by E. T. C. Werner. [George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, Calcutta, Sydney, 1922]

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'Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher', 1901. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville II

'Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher', 1901. During Peace talks of February 1901, Kitchner declared he would stop his troops burning farms if Louis Botha instructed the Boers to stop using them as bases. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VI", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

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Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael

Kitchen Scene, 1620s.

meat on a skewer. The grins of housemaid and errand boy indicate their enjoyment of one another's company, while the lavishly depicted foodstuffs surrounding them allude to the pleasures of the flesh

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