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"Unveiling the Deadly Secrets: From Bosch to Belladonna" Step into a world where art and nature intertwine, revealing the deadly mysteries that lie within

Background imageDeadly Collection: Cartoon, The New Ally, WW1

Cartoon, The New Ally, WW1
Cartoon, The New Ally -- General Winter arrives to take charge of Operations during the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageDeadly Collection: AERIAL DOGFIGHT

AERIAL DOGFIGHT
A deadly game of life and death is played out over Europe as a Bristol flies against Fokker D.VIIs Date: 1918

Background imageDeadly Collection: Poisonous plants. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left

Poisonous plants. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left
541215 Poisonous plants. As well as the poisonous Black or Common Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) top left, and Woody Nightshade or Bittersweet (Solanum dulcarama) top right

Background imageDeadly Collection: Purple flowered deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna

Purple flowered deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna
5856665 Purple flowered deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Purple flowered deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna)

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025802

DDE-90025802
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

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DDE-90025801
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

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DDE-90025800
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025799

DDE-90025799
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025798

DDE-90025798
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025797

DDE-90025797
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025796

DDE-90025796
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025795

DDE-90025795
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90025794

DDE-90025794
Sand Dunes in the Rub al-Khali, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90024917

DDE-90024917
Indonesia, Papua, Raja Ampat. Close-up of deadly blue-ringed octopus. Date: 29/10/2009

Background imageDeadly Collection: DDE-90024384

DDE-90024384
King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, with head erect and moving across grass. South East Captive Situation. Date: 17/02/2005

Background imageDeadly Collection: Deadly Dudley

Deadly Dudley Ridden By M.Kinane 09 July 1996 Date: 09 July 1996

Background imageDeadly Collection: Large, wild king brown / mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) from south central New South Wales

Large, wild king brown / mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) from south central New South Wales, Australia
deadly, beautiful, dramatic, arid, dangerous, mulga, king, venomous, elapid, macro, wild, texture, ground, outdoor, wildlife, closeup, natural, background, Kristian Bell Photography, 1126872678

Background imageDeadly Collection: Spotfin Lionfish, Philippines

Spotfin Lionfish, Philippines
The toxic spines of this Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata) are to be avoided; Philippines

Background imageDeadly Collection: Flowers bloom along the Abano pass in Tusheti, Georgia

Flowers bloom along the Abano pass in Tusheti, Georgia
Flowers bloom along the extreme terrain of the unpaved, Abano Pass road through the Caucasus Mountains; Tusheti, Georgia

Background imageDeadly Collection: Tornado approaching a town in North Dakota, USA (b / w photo)

Tornado approaching a town in North Dakota, USA (b / w photo)
6015613 Tornado approaching a town in North Dakota, USA (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tornado approaching a town in North Dakota, USA)

Background imageDeadly Collection: WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines

WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines
The bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast

Background imageDeadly Collection: Leap of death on a tandem (colour litho)

Leap of death on a tandem (colour litho)
3099264 Leap of death on a tandem (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leap of death on a tandem. Le saut de la mort en tandem)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Vintage Print of a Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish, 1922 (screen print)

Vintage Print of a Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish, 1922 (screen print)
3035792 Vintage Print of a Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish, 1922 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Trop tard. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1905 (colour litho)

Trop tard. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1905 (colour litho)
3101394 Trop tard. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1905 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trop tard)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Illustration of Mushrooms c. 1923 (litho)

Illustration of Mushrooms c. 1923 (litho)
3090502 Illustration of Mushrooms c.1923 (litho) by Millot, Adolphe Philippe (1857 - 1921); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Blackbeards last fight (coloured engraving)

Blackbeards last fight (coloured engraving)
PNP269591 Blackbeards last fight (coloured engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Teach or Blackbeard (1680-1718)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving)

Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving)
6034652 Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Punch, Volume 18)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving)

Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving)
6034641 Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Balsam apple female, Momordica balsamina

Balsam apple female, Momordica balsamina, and deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Background imageDeadly Collection: Villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa

Villous deadly carrot, Thapsia villosa, and giant fennel, Ferula communis. A herb with leaves like fennel called Thapsia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam

Background imageDeadly Collection: Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna

Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageDeadly Collection: Fools mushroom, Amanita verna

Fools mushroom, Amanita verna
Deadly amanita, fools mushroom, destroying angel or the mushroom fool, Amanita verna (Amanita vernus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our

Background imageDeadly Collection: Le Naja Du Cap (engraving)

Le Naja Du Cap (engraving)
2789157 Le Naja Du Cap (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Naja Du Cap. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 28 February 1886)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 446

Curtis British Entomology Plate 446
Coleoptera: Carabus exasperatus = Carabus violaceus (Portland Carabus) [Plant: Atropa belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageDeadly Collection: Poisonous fungi (colour litho)

Poisonous fungi (colour litho)
3630364 Poisonous fungi (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poisonous fungi. Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexicon, c1895.); © Look and Learn

Background imageDeadly Collection: Luffey, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1923 (colour litho)

Luffey, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1923 (colour litho)
KDC465737 Luffey, from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1923 (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Liquid fire, first employed by the Germans, succesfully adopted by the Allies

Liquid fire, first employed by the Germans, succesfully adopted by the Allies
STC359786 Liquid fire, first employed by the Germans, succesfully adopted by the Allies, 1914-19 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Background imageDeadly Collection: Pierre embraced in a deadly hug (colour litho)

Pierre embraced in a deadly hug (colour litho)
5210674 Pierre embraced in a deadly hug (colour litho) by Groome, William Henry Charles (1881-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierre embraced in a deadly hug)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Toms Adventure with a Deadly Snake (engraving)

Toms Adventure with a Deadly Snake (engraving)
6003499 Toms Adventure with a Deadly Snake (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Toms Adventure with a Deadly Snake. Illustration for Chatterbox (1901)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Fatal mountaineering accident in the Swiss Alps (colour litho)

Fatal mountaineering accident in the Swiss Alps (colour litho)
2779951 Fatal mountaineering accident in the Swiss Alps (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fatal mountaineering accident in the Swiss Alps)

Background imageDeadly Collection: A deadly duel on the stage of a theatre in Spain (colour litho)

A deadly duel on the stage of a theatre in Spain (colour litho)
2779917 A deadly duel on the stage of a theatre in Spain (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A deadly duel on the stage of a theatre in Spain)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Corinthian black-figure alabastron with Typhon facing right

Corinthian black-figure alabastron with Typhon facing right
479158 Corinthian black-figure alabastron with Typhon facing right, wearing a small cap and a short-sleeved chiton, with long hair and a beard, his sickle-shaped wings upraised

Background imageDeadly Collection: Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger (litho)

Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger (litho)
1036813 Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sport on the upper reaches of the River Niger)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Loose! (engraving)

Loose! (engraving)
1056307 Loose! (engraving) by Dollman, John Charles (1851-1934) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Loose! Illustration for The Graphic)

Background imageDeadly Collection: Poisonous plants (colour litho)

Poisonous plants (colour litho)
3630358 Poisonous plants (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Poisonous plants)

Background imageDeadly Collection: A flip from the ancient Devils Bridge near Tolentino (Macerata) (colour litho)

A flip from the ancient Devils Bridge near Tolentino (Macerata) (colour litho)
2798795 A flip from the ancient Devils Bridge near Tolentino (Macerata) (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageDeadly Collection: A drama in a truck (Colour Litho)

A drama in a truck (Colour Litho)
2777795 A drama in a truck (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A truck-mounted drama)



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"Unveiling the Deadly Secrets: From Bosch to Belladonna" Step into a world where art and nature intertwine, revealing the deadly mysteries that lie within. Hieronymus Van Aeken, better known as Bosch, painted scenes that echoed the darkness of human existence. His works captured both the beauty and danger lurking beneath our fragile facade. In 1696, Theosophy Chakras delved into ancient wisdom, exploring the hidden energy centers within us all. But amidst this spiritual journey, they stumbled upon a sinister truth - fly agaric mushrooms with their hallucinogenic allure could lead one down a treacherous path. Nature's enchanting beauty can be deceiving; poisonous plants like Atropa Belladonna hold secrets that can bring about both life and death. As anger (Ira) takes its place among The Seven Deadly Sins series, engraved in history forevermore, we are reminded of humanity's capacity for destruction. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz succumbing to poppies' slumber-inducing spell, even innocuous elements can possess lethal potential. A chilling Soviet cholera vaccination poster from 1967 reminds us of how science itself can become an unwitting instrument of peril. Drawing inspiration from The Odyssey's Scylla monster who devoured sailors without mercy, we confront another creature cloaked in danger - the blue-ringed octopus. Its mesmerizing hues hide venom capable of bringing swift demise to those unaware. Amongst these tales lies Atropa belladonna or deadly nightshade - Picture No. 10752424 reveals its haunting allure against an ominous backdrop. This plant embodies both fascination and fear; it holds power over life but also harbors deathly consequences if mishandled. As we explore these "deadly" realms through time and artistry alike, let us remember that behind every captivating facade lies untold dangers waiting to be unraveled by those brave enough to seek the truth.