Blood Collection (#8)

Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon, c1099, (14th century). Siege during the 1st Crusade (1095-099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls with

Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio, c1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio, c1743. A bagnio, originally a coffee houses which offered Turkish baths, later meant a place where rooms could be rented with no questions asked

Death of Marshall Turenne, 1675, (19th century). Henri de La Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675), one of Frances greatest military leaders, was killed at the Battle of Sasbach in Germany

Death of the Reverend Father Salvatore, a Franciscan monk, 1895. Eurocentric portrayal of historical events - scene from the Massacres of Armenia card series produced by the chocolate factory at

Removal of victims at Galata, 1895. Bodies are piled onto a cart in the Galata district of Istanbul in Turkey. Scene from the Massacres of Armenia card series produced by the chocolate factory at

Armenians have their throats cut at Ak-Hissar, 1895. Armenians suffer bloody attacks at Akhisar in Turkey. Scene from the Massacres of Armenia card series produced by the chocolate factory at

Pillage of Trebizond, 8 October 1895. Carnage in Trebizond or Trabzon, Turkey. Scene from the Massacres of Armenia card series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Costume design for the the ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for the the ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein, 1911. Design for the performance of Debussys Le Martyre de St Sebastien (The Torment of Saint Sebastian) at Pariss Chatelet Theatre

Christ on the Cross, 16th century. From Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Portugal

Painting a wound with an antiseptic solution, c1890. From Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes (The Principal Illnesses and Their Remedies) by Jules Rengade. (Paris, c1890)

Harvey demonstrating circulation of the blood to the College of Physicians, c1628 (1870). William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician, published his famous De motu cordis

Person-to person blood transfusion, 1833. In Reads method depicted here, blood from the donor is passed through a pumped and forced into recipients arm via a canula

Circulation of the blood, 1628. English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was the first to correctly describe the mechanism whereby blood is circulated in the body

Detail from a Psalter, Suicide of Herod, probably illuminated at Canterbury c1140

Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing a boar hunt, 3rd century
Detail of a Roman floor mosaic showing a boar hunt, at a villa at Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, 3rd century

Metope of Perseus killing Medusa, 6th century BC
Metope of Perseus, with Athenas help, killing Medusa, from whose blood Pegasus is born. From temple C, Selinunte, Sicily, 6th century BC

The Shootings of May 3rd 1808, 1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Shootings of May 3rd 1808, 1814. Painted in 1814 for King Ferdinand VII of Spain, this is a forceful, sobering condemnation of the horrors of war

Blessed Russia!, 1905. Cover from French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre, showing a decapitated head, probably representing Tsar Nicholas II

Battle during First Crusade (Peoples Crusade), 1096-1099, (c1490). Artist: Sebastian Marmoret French
Battle during First Crusade (Peoples Crusade), 1096-1099, (c1490). Foreground: mounted knights unhorsed and killed. Centre: melee of hand-to-hand fighting with, on left

British prison life, 1907. Treadmill for hard labour, and punishment with the cat-o-nine-tails. France was suffering from gangs of thugs called the Apaches at this time

Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. After his arrest, during the week of his Passion leading up to the crucifixion, Jesus was humiliated, tried and tortured

Russians routing Bulgarians in a cavalry skirmish. Chromolithograph from a 10th century Sclavonian manuscript in the Vatican Library

Women sealing flasks of donated blood, World War II, Moscow, 1941. Thousands of Moscow citizens responded to appeals to donate blood as the Germans advanced on the city

Bear attack, Russia, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Bear attack, Russia, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 26th November 1892

The Life of St Louis, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th September 1898

Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812. Found in the collection of the Tate, London

Joseph of Arimathea receiving Christs blood, 15th century. Watched by the Virgin Mary, Joseph kneels at the foot of the cross holding the Holy Grail to catch the drops of blood falling from the spear

Six Chakras representing the plexuses of the human body, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, c1850

The Status Quo, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Status Quo, 1876. Turkey holds out the hands of friendship to Britannia. However, just as the sword hanging from his wrist is dripping with the blood of his victims

The Fight at St. Stephens Academy, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
The Fight at St. Stephens Academy, 1864. Mrs Gamp. Never Mind, My Dear! You done yer werry best to win; which that Master Gladsting is such a huncommon strong boy

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