Poison Collection (page 7)

The Death of Cleopatra, 1785. Private Collection

The Death of Cleopatra. Private Collection

Stingray city in Cayman Islands, Dyasatis Americana

Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods

Prescription ointment from the Swindon Medical Fund Society
The GWR Medical Fund pharmacy prepared and dispensed all kinds of medications to patients, including this ointment marked æPoison !

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A split shot of a venomous banded yellowlip sea snake, Laticauda colubrina, also known as a sea krait, cruusing over a shallow reef in the Philippines with a palm tree covered island above

HYPNOtized
azalaka

Lovers
Takeshi Marumoto

Night predator
Ido Meirovich

HMS Stalker, a Mk. III LST
HMS Stalker, a Mark III LST (Landing Ship, Tank), previously known as LST 3515, seen at the Pounds of Portsmouth scrapyard circa 2006

Tecton Bomb Shelter Design 7, 600 People
An architectural design showing a sectional view of a bomb shelter that can contain 7, 600 people, numbers indicate features including the entrance ramps, air-lock and first raid post

Effects of poison gas on the Western Front, WW1
Gassed, drawn from nature no. 1 pencil study by John Singer Sargent Date: 1914-1918

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe
Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Socrates in prison before being sentenced to death. Colored engraving

False death cap, Amanita citrina, Agaricus mappa, poisonous.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leuba's Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Spanish Civil War No Enveneneis A La Infancia
spanish, civil, war, no, enveneneis, a, la, infancia, don't, poison, children, propaganda, poster, from, the, republican, side, federacion, iberica, de, juventudes, libertarias, iberian

Ann Spranger Barry as Sophonisba
ANN SPRANGER BARRY (1734 - 1801) the actress as Sophonisba in James Thomson's play of that name : she has just drunk (intentionally) a cup of poison and will shortly die, picturesquely. Date: 1778

AMERICAN TOBACCO GROWER
An American tobacco grower sits leaning on a barrel of the tobacco which will be sent away to poison the lives of millions of wretched victims doomed to a miserable death Date: 1871

BOADICEA (SINGLETON)
QUEEN OF THE ICENI, After defeat by Romans (led by Suetonius). She later takes poison and dies. Date: ? - 62

Agaricus Muscaricus mushrooms (poisonous). Date: 19th century

Cartoon titled Poisoning by Food Adulteration
5308993 Cartoon titled Poisoning by Food Adulteration'; (add.info.: Cartoon titled Poisoning by Food Adulteration')

The Death of Romeo and Juliet, c. 1848 (oil on millboard)
MAN62966 The Death of Romeo and Juliet, c.1848 (oil on millboard) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); 16.1x26.9 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

The Rat Stinker, 1632 (Etching)
7393372 The Rat Stinker, 1632 (Etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 14 x 12, 5 cm; Fondation Glenat, Grenoble, France; © Fonds Glenat

Medea, or The Marriage of Jason and Creuse, 1648 (Etching)
7393418 Medea, or The Marriage of Jason and Creuse, 1648 (Etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 24 x 17, 4 cm; Fondation Glenat, Grenoble, France; © Fonds Glenat

St Benedict drinks poisoned wine, 1415-20, (tempera on wood)
7146402 St Benedict drinks poisoned wine, 1415-20, (tempera on wood) by Pietro, Nicolo di (fl.1394-1430); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra, 1759 (oil on canvas)
7146422 Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra, 1759 (oil on canvas) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92); Kenwood House, London, UK; (add.info.: Kitty Fisher (1741-1767) as Cleopatra, Sir Joshua Reynolds

Affair of poisons: Abbe Etienne Guibourg (1610-1686), pretre defroque nicknamed Monsieur le Prieur celebrating a black
ELD4943536 Affair of poisons: Abbe Etienne Guibourg (1610-1686), pretre defroque nicknamed Monsieur le Prieur celebrating a black mass on Madame de Montespan's naked body

Representation of the characteristic symptoms of mercury poisoning (hair loss, conjunctivitis)
ELD4948285 Representation of the characteristic symptoms of mercury poisoning (hair loss, conjunctivitis, erytheme) Engraving from " La nature et l'homme" by Rengade 1881 Private

Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta, Cycas
5324537 Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad or Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta, Cycas by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad or Japanese sago palm)

Indian berry, fish berry or Levant nut, Anamirta cocculus, Coque du Levant
5324532 Indian berry, fish berry or Levant nut, Anamirta cocculus, Coque du Levant by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Indian berry, fish berry or Levant nut, Anamirta cocculus)

Penny bun or porcini mushroom, Boletus edulis, and the lurid bolete, Suillellus luridus, Boletus perniciosus
5324518 Penny bun or porcini mushroom, Boletus edulis, and the lurid bolete, Suillellus luridus, Boletus perniciosus by Maubert

Purple foxglove or lady's glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree
5324540 Purple foxglove or lady's glove, Digitalis purpurea, Digitale pourpree by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Purple foxglove or lady's glove, Digitalis purpurea)

Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, imperial mushroom, Amanita aurantiaca
5324504 Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, imperial mushroom, Amanita aurantiaca by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria)

Eurasian baneberry or herb Christopher, Actaea spicata, Actee a epi
5324497 Eurasian baneberry or herb Christopher, Actaea spicata, Actee a epi by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Eurasian baneberry or herb Christopher, Actaea spicata)

Hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, Oenanthe safranee
5324492 Hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, Oenanthe safranee by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, Oenanthe safranee)

Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, Belladone
5324516 Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, Belladone by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, Belladone)

Manchineel or manchioneel tree, Hippomane mancinella, Mancenillier
5324475 Manchineel or manchioneel tree, Hippomane mancinella, Mancenillier by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Manchineel or manchioneel tree, Hippomane mancinella)

Monk's-hood, aconite or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus, Aconit napel
5324496 Monk's-hood, aconite or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus, Aconit napel by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Monk's-hood, aconite or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus)

Black henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger, Jusquiame noire
5324466 Black henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger, Jusquiame noire by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Black henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger)

Jimsonweed or devil's snare, Datura stramonium, Stramoine
5324436 Jimsonweed or devil's snare, Datura stramonium, Stramoine by Maubert, Louis Joseph Edouard (1806-1879); (add.info.: Jimsonweed or devil's snare, Datura stramonium, Stramoine)

USA, California, Long Beach Aquarium. Captive variable poison arrow frog on leaf. Date: 19-07-2018

Blue flowered wolf's bane or monk's hood, Aconitum napellus
5856707 Blue flowered wolf's bane or monk's hood, Aconitum napellus by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Blue flowered wolf's bane or monk's hood, Aconitum napellus)

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)

White flowered water hemlock, Cicuta virosa
5856633 White flowered water hemlock, Cicuta virosa by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowered water hemlock, Cicuta virosa)

White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum
5856667 White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowered, black berry, garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Poisonous plant)

Leaves and flowers of hemlock, Conium maculatum
5856635 Leaves and flowers of hemlock, Conium maculatum by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Leaves and flowers of hemlock, Conium maculatum)

White flowered poison nut, Strychnos nux vomica
5856662 White flowered poison nut, Strychnos nux vomica by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowered poison nut or vomic nut, Strychnos nux vomica)

Yellow flowered black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger
5856659 Yellow flowered black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: Yellow flowered black henbane with green berries, Hyoscyamus niger)

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"Unveiling the Enigmatic World of Poison: A Journey through Art and Nature" Step into a realm where danger lurks in every corner, as we delve into the captivating world of poison. Circe Invidiosa, an enchanting masterpiece by John William Waterhouse, transports us to ancient mythology where toxic potions were brewed with sinister intent. Intriguingly intertwined with politics, poison seeps into unexpected realms. Labour Party election posters and television speakers echo with venomous words that aim to tarnish reputations and manipulate public opinion. Picture No. 10750866 captures this treacherous game of deceit. The Death of Socrates immortalizes a tragic moment when hemlock became synonymous with intellectual dissent. This oil on canvas masterpiece from 1787 reminds us that ideas can be as lethal as any substance. From art to nature's own laboratory, we encounter fascinating specimens like the Fly agaric mushroom engraving from 1895 or the Hellebore botanical engraving dating back to 1857. These illustrations reveal both beauty and peril within flora's delicate embrace. Curare, derived from Chondrodendron tomentosum, demonstrates how indigenous cultures harnessed poisons for hunting purposes while Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) whispers tales of witches' brews and deadly allure. Yet amidst these dangers lie surprising revelations - The Great Lozenge-Maker offers a hint at hidden talents within unsuspecting individuals; John Leech's artwork from 1858 reminds us that even seemingly harmless figures may possess their own brand of poison. Nature continues its enigmatic dance between life and death - Snow morel (Gyromitra gigas) entices adventurous souls while hooded false mushrooms warn against carelessness. And there is solace in knowing that not all fungi are dangerous; Ramaria botrytis presents itself as an edible delight amid cautionary tales. As we explore Picture No.