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Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (detail), 1855. Artist: Dante Gabriel RossettiPaolo and Francesca da Rimini (detail), 1855. Left hand panel of a triptych housed in the Tate Britain. From The Studio Volume 65. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]
Sixth Great Conflagration in San Francisco, Californa, 1851 (1937). Artist: J de VereSixth Great Conflagration in San Francisco, Californa, 1851 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)
The great fire in San Francisco, California, 1850 (1937)The great fire in San Francisco, California, 4 May 1850 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)
Sketch for The Last Judgement in Gerard d Euphrate, Paris, 1549, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)
The Fire in the Borgo (detail), 1514. Artist: RaphaelThe Fire in the Borgo (detail), 1514. This fresco in the Vatican depicts a fire which broke out in the Borgo in Rome in 847. The blaze is said to have been contained by the benediction of Pope Leo IV
Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Artist: Gustave DoreHell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Dante and Virgil observing sinners burning in Hell. From Inferno, first part of Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri
Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave DoreDante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)
Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Artist: Gustave DoreDante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)
Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave DoreDante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Dante, keeping close to his guide Virgil, looks down at one of the sinners burning in hell in their open tombs
Charging the retorts at the Beckton gasworks, London, 1878. Beckton Gasworks was owned and operated by The Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company
Men taking a break from charging the retorts, Lambeth Gasworks, 1872Men taking a break from charging the retorts while colleagues in background take their turn in the inferno, Lambeth Gasworks, 1872
Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. Artist: Currier and IvesPrairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. A locomotive with cowcatcher and headlamp hauls a passenger train across the prairie while buffalo stampede in the face of a huge fire