Victim Collection (page 5)

Person killed by the Pompeii eruption, 79 AD. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD killing the people of the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum

The Mocking of Christ, 1885. Artist: Edouard Manet
The Mocking of Christ, 1885. Located in the collection at The Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Cleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death, late 19th century. Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Cleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death, late 19th century. The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, which ended with Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC)

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

La Prise de Paris, 24 May 1871. The execution of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cure of La Madeleine and four other clergymen by the Paris Communards. From a private collection

Casualties of the Paris Commune, 1871. Rows of dead bodies laid out. During the bloody suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871 an unkown number of Parisians, possibly as many as 30, 000

Train Crash at Bellevue in 1842 (19th century). From the Chateau of Sceaux, France

Death of Monseigneur Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, 24th May 1871. As the government forces sent to suppress the Paris Commune closed in, the Communards executed hostages they had taken

Les Infames, Paris Commune, April 1871. Anti-government cartoon portraying the leaders of the French government exiled to Versailles after the establishment of the Paris Commune being burnt at

Symptoms of the tertiary phase of syphilis, c19th century. A patient afflicted with sores and ulcers to the neck and face, including one which has destroyed part of the nasal cartilage

Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)

Coal mining accident, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. Anxious friends and relatives wait at the pit-head while bodies of the victims who died when the roof fell in are brought to

Burying victims of the Plague of London at night in multiple graves, 1665. Two of the men are smoking pipes, partly to combat the stench of the corpses

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter, end 1620s. Artist: Guercino
The Martyrdom of Saint Peter, end 1620s. Guercino (1591-1666). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

A Christian Dirce, 1897. Artist: Henryk Siemiradzki
A Christian Dirce, 1897. Found in the collection of the National Museum, Warsaw

Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian actor, theatre director and producer, 1930s. Meyerhold (1874-1930) established his own theatre in Moscow in 1922

Plaster Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii, Italy
Plaster cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii, Italy

Great Fire of London, 1666 (1825). Charles II and Duke of Yorks party examining the scene. The fire, the worst in Londons history, began in a bakery in Pudding Lane and lasted for 4 days

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

Plague of London, 1665 (1810). Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the outbreak of the plague that occurred in 1665 and killed some 60, 000 people, a fifth of Londons population

The Plague Pit, 1855. Artist: John Franklin
The Plague Pit, 1855. Consigning bodies of victims of the plague to a communal grave during the Plague of London, 1665. From Old Saint Pauls by W Harrison Ainsworth

Troops attempting to clear streets during anti-Jewish riots, Algiers, Algeria, 1898. From Le Petit Journal The body of a victim of the violence lies on the floor in the foreground

Chicago police telephone box, 1886. A Chicago policeman telephoning from a police call box to bring help to an injured pedestrian. From Les Applications de l Electricite by E Hospitalier

Torturing a prisoner on the rack, Middle Ages. A 19th-century representation of a medieval torture device in use, from World of Wonders, published by Cassell and Co, (London, 1894)

Suicide of Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy, Soubrany and Bourbotte, French Revolution, 1795. Having been condemned to death by the Thermidoriens, Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy

Victims of the Terror, French Revolution, 1794. The last victims of the Reign of Terror being taken to the guillotine in a tumbril

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation

Rescue workers releasing a man from a bomb damaged building, World War II, 1940. The large-scale German bombing campaign directed at Britains cities began in August 1940

Londoners made homeless by a German air raid during the Blitz, World War II, October 1940. Holding some treasured possessions recovered from the ruins, they put on brave, smiling faces

Explosion at the police station on the Rue des Bons-Enfants, Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Explosion at the police station on the Rue des Bons-Enfants, Paris, 1892. On 8 November 1892, an anarchist named Emile Henry deposited a bomb at the offices of the Carmaux Mining Company in Paris

Cremation of the Dahomey corpses, Africa, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Cremation of the Dahomey corpses, Africa, 1892. Between 1892 and 1894 Dahomey was conquered by French troops from Senegal and incorporated into Frances West African colonies

Anti-Jewish riots in Algiers, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Anti-Jewish riots in Algiers, 1898. Sacking of synagogue in Mostaganem sparks outbreak of anti-Jewish violence throughout Algeria. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th February 1898

Atahualpa (d1553), last Inca emperor of Peru, 1686. Atahualpa was captured by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro who, after extorting a huge ransom

An Accident in Santander, Divers Looking for the Bodies of the Victims, 1893. Fire broke out on the commercial ship Cabo-Machchichaco, the crew of the liner Alphonse III, tried to help

The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Artist: Antoine Callet
The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Marie-Therese-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), the intimate friend of Queen Marie Antoinette, was lynched by revolutionaries

Alexander Burnes, Scottish diplomat murdered by Afghans during the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841
Alexander Burnes (1805-1841), centre, Scottish diplomat and traveller murdered by Afghans during the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841

Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius, 1st century
Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius in Pompeii, 1st century

Russian Baltic Fleet attacking fishing boats, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. The Dogger Bank incident, October 1904, when ships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacked fishing boats on the Dogger Bank

English Druids being massacred by Roman soldiers, c50 AD (c1820). Druids were priests, teachers and judges of the Celtic peoples. They were suppressed by the Romans in around 50 AD

Guillotine set up under the Arch of Marius at Orange, France, French Revolution, 1793-1794
Guillotine set up under the Arch of Marius at Orange, France, French Revolution, during the Reign of Terror, 1793-1794. The Terror was imposed by the revolutionary authorities with the objective of

The Victim, 1868. Artist: Arthur Boyd Houghton
The Victim, 1868. Illustration by AB Houghton for Tennysons poem. An Arch-Druid is about to sacrifice the Kings son to save the people from the plague

Joseph Chamberlain, British politician, 1903. Chamberlain, British Liberal statesman, as Secretary of State for the Colonies (1895-1903)

Human sacrifice, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 1912. Decapitation of a victim tied to a stake in front of the image of a Voodoo god during a Voodoo ceremony

Her Baptism of Fire, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
Her Baptism of Fire, 1871. Paris stands amidst the victims of Frances unsuccessful war against Prussia. Paris had been under siege since the end of the previous year

For the Sake of These!, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
For the Sake of These!, 1871. Peace holds the little children of France by the hand, as the starving and mourning citizens surround her

The Garotters Friend, 1862. Artist: John Tenniel
The Garotters Friend, 1862. Let Go, Bill, Can t Yer - Its Our Kind Non-Interfering Friend, Sir George Grey! London at this time was subjected to a rash of garrotting attacks

The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals, ca. 1837-47

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