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Fire at the Riverbank by Gauguin
An 1886 oil on canvas, Fire at the Riverbank, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in Brittany using the quickly applied brushstrokes typical of the impressionism technique. (Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza...

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SS Great Britain
The SS Great Britain was a steam-powered ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) which sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in May 1845. It was the largest passenger ship in the world at the time and showed...

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Celtic Fire-Dog
A Celtic fire-dog excavated at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England. Iron, 50-25 BCE. Height: 96.5 cm. Fire-dogs were likely used for spit-roasting meat at Celtic feasts. (British Museum, London)

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A Faravahar Symbol in a Fire Temple
A Faravahar or Frawahr symbol in a Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Yazd, Iran, one of the symbols adopted by Zoroastrianism.
This symbol represents a winged guardian or fravashi, an angelic being of the Zoroastrian religion.

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Jomon 'fire-flame' Vessel
A Jomon pottery vessel with the decorative style known as 'fire-flame'. Jomon Period, 3000-2000 BCE, Sasayama site, Niigata Prefecture. Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)

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Bonaparte's Guns Fire on the Royalist Mob, 13 Vendémiaire Year IV
General Napoleon Bonaparte's guns fire into a mob of royalist insurrectionists during the Revolt of 13 Vendémiaire Year IV (5 October 1795), the famous "whiff of grapeshot". Drawing by Felician Myrbach, 19th century.

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Musketeers Presenting Volley-Fire
Re-enactors of the Sealed Knot, an English Civil Wars (1642-51) group demonstrating the volley-fire tactics of musketeers.

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House on Fire
House on fire.

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Iktomi Sitting by the Fire
The supernatural entity/trickster-spirit Iktomi (Unktomi) depicted sitting in human form in front of a fire cooking ducks. Image taken from modern artist Gertrude Spaller's illustration of the story of Iktomi and the Ducks included in The...