Abuse Collection

Gin Lane, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, 1751.The scene is the St Giles slums. A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs. A skeletal figure holds an empty glass

Gin Lane, February 1, 1751. Creator: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, February 1, 1751

The Abuses of the Law, Plate 7. n. d. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
The Abuses of the Law, Plate 7.n.d

Time Clipping Cupid's Wings, 1614-1641. Creator: Gaspar Netscher
Time Clipping Cupid's Wings, 1614-1641

Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, 1590-1827. Creator: Guido Reni
Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, 1590-1827

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1830-1860

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1920-1940. Jujaka visits Vessantara in his cottage in the forest and asks for the children

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 11: Jujaka Treats Jali and Kanha Poorly; While Jujaka... c1875-1925. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 11: Jujaka Treats Jali and Kanha Poorly; While Jujaka Sleeps the Children are Cared For, c1875-1925

The Gang Rape of Hisazo's Girlfriend, Omatsu, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Gang Rape of Hisazo's Girlfriend, Omatsu, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 561

In a Fit of Jealousy Arai Tokichi Hurls a Rock at Ohana, c1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
In a Fit of Jealousy Arai Tokichi Hurls a Rock at Ohana, c1875. From The Postal News, no. 601

The Child of Horisaka Sahei Tied to a Rice Bale, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Child of Horisaka Sahei Tied to a Rice Bale, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 508

A man who had beaten his wife is punished by a group of women in the Vinkestraat in Amsterdam, 1768, 1768

Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit à ton bureau... 1840. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit a ton bureau... 1840. Ah! tu dis que tu passes la nuit a ton Bureau! et tu vas a Musard avec des Gourgandines!...'

The Broken Saucer, Printed 1889-1891. Creator: J. B. B. Wellington
The Broken Saucer, Printed 1889-1891

Form of a Treaty of Marriage in China - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Form of a Treaty of Marriage in China - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Upon the table is a tablet bearing the names of the contracting parties

Wife of Sangoro Scalds Her Husband's Face with Boiling Water, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Wife of Sangoro Scalds Her Husband's Face with Boiling Water, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 600

Maron in Baglen, 1829. Creator: Anon
Maron in Baglen, 1829. This drawing bears rare visual witness to the atrocities committed by the troops under Dutch command during the Java War (1825-1830)

The Peasant's Misfortune, after c.1619. Creator: Unknown
The Peasant's Misfortune, after c.1619

Satire on Celibacy, c.1600-c.1649. Creator: Anon
Satire on Celibacy, c.1600-c.1649

Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State, 1570-1580. Creator: Gillis Mostaert
Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State, 1570-1580. Alternative title: The Haywain: An Allegory of Worldly and Spiritual Abuses

Le Toucher, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Toucher, 19th century. Parisian characters. Touch

My Old Mother-in-Law is Always Ready to Scold without Any Reason, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
My Old Mother-in-Law is Always Ready to Scold without Any Reason, n.d

Now My Old Mother-in-Law... n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
Now My Old Mother-in-Law... n.d

Quarrel between Mother-in-law and Son-in-law, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
Quarrel between Mother-in-law and Son-in-law, n.d

Pleito de la suegra con su yerno (Fight of the Mother-in-Law With Her Son-in-Law), n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
Pleito de la suegra con su yerno (Fight of the Mother-in-Law With Her Son-in-Law), n.d

Young Couple in Front of a Screen, c. 1748. Creator: Ishikawa Toyonobu
Young Couple in Front of a Screen, c. 1748

Act Ten: The Amakawaya House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the... early 1790s)
Act Ten: The Amakawaya House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), early 1790s

Muguette, 1892. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Muguette, 1892

Gioco Delle Donne, E Sue Facende (Game of Wives, And Their Chores), 1654-1718
Gioco Delle Donne, E Sue Facende (Game of Wives [or Women], And Their Chores), 1654-1718. Board game: a woman spends all day doing housework, only to be beaten with a stick by her husband

Christ Carrying the Cross, 1510 / 1525. Creator: Unknown
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1510/1525

Die Hertzoginn. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Die Hertzoginn

Venus Catching Love or Venus Flogging Love, ca. 1741. Creators: Caylus
Venus Catching Love or Venus Flogging Love, ca. 1741

The Wife-Beater, ca. 1633. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Wife-Beater, ca. 1633

Husband-Beater, ca. 1633. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Husband-Beater, ca. 1633

There is the door!, (1907). Creator: Unknown
" There is the door!", (1907). The young Mozart, court musician of the ruler of Salzburg, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo

Elizabeth Brownrigg, Executed for Cruelty & Murder, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
Elizabeth Brownrigg, Executed for Cruelty & Murder, 1822. Portrait of Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) who was convicted of murder and hanged at Tyburn (in London) in 1767

Mrs. Brownrigg, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Brownrigg, (c1872). Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) was convicted of murder and hanged at Tyburn (in London) in 1767

Letter S. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter S

Letter F. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter F

Partridge cruelly accused and maltreated by his Wife, from The History of Tom Jones
Partridge cruelly accused and maltreated by his Wife, from " The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling", 1792

The exile restored... 1820
The exile restored or the spies, spawns & spewers of scurrility abuse & defamation set to work, 1820. Sir John Stoddart sitting on a chair

The Abolition of the Slave Trade or the Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh …, 1792
The Abolition of the Slave Trade or the Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh exemplified in Captn. Kimbers Treatment of a young Negro Girl of 15 for her Virgin Modesty, pub

The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon 1667 (1905)
The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon after His Last Interview with the King in Whitehall Palace, 1667 (1905). Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Clarendon was King Charles IIs Chief Minister after the King`s

Torture, 1541 (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Torture, 1541 (1849). The Estrapade. A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration in Praxis Criminis Persequendi

The Supplication, c1823-1870. Artist: Prosper Merimee
The Supplication, c1823-1870. Supplication (also known as petitioning) is the most common form of prayer, Private collection

Salvation Army march led by a drummer being barracked by onlookers in Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Salvation Army march led by a drummer being barracked by onlookers in Paris, 1892. The Salvation Army, an evangelical Protestant charitable movement was founded by William Booth in London in 1865

Two Victims of the Turf, 1888. Following the recent enquiry into abuses in horse racing, these two gentlemen are reduced to begging for their living. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 5, 1888

Hercules in the Augean Stable, 1888. Hercules attempts to clean the Augean Stables. Recent abuses in the sport of racing had led to an enquiry being set up

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