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A theurgist performing rituals to exercise divine powers on earth. Coloured aquatint.

An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.

A scholar in a surgeon's workroom with a jar of spirits containing Saint Michael defeating a dragon with a barbued tonge; representing the scholar's knowledge of chemistry enabling surgeons to heal, by setting the beneficent force of alkalis against the noxious force of acids. Etching by P.P. Bouche, ca. 1686.

A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.

Chinese woodcut: The spirit of the liver

Chinese woodcut: Spirit of the lung

Chinese people driving away evil spirits at Malacca, Malaysia. Wood engraving by D. Macpherson, 1891.

An evil magician raises demons from a distillery tub as onlookers fall back amazed. Coloured aquatint, c. 1808, after S. De Wilde.

A grief-stricken widower holds his child while the spirit of its mother, seen only by the child, descends to impart her blessing to the father. Drawing.

M0004078: Netsuke of spirit of departed priest in form of skeleton, Japan

The Buddhist conception of spirits / by Bimala Churn Law.

John Wallace & Co. : tea, wine and spirit merchants : brewers & manufacturers of aerated waters : cigar importers : agents for Wm. Younger & Co. Ltd.

Pandemonium and parade : Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai / Michael Dylan Foster.

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M0004078: Netsuke of spirit of departed priest in form of skeleton, Japan

The Buddhist conception of spirits / by Bimala Churn Law.

John Wallace & Co. : tea, wine and spirit merchants : brewers & manufacturers of aerated waters : cigar importers : agents for Wm. Younger & Co. Ltd.

Pandemonium and parade : Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai / Michael Dylan Foster.

Chinese woodcut: The spirit of the liver