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Execution at Bombay of a Mutinous Havildar and Sepoy, by Blowing from Guns, 1857. Creator: UnknownExecution at Bombay of a Mutinous Havildar of the Native Marines and Sepoy of the 10th Native Infantry, by Blowing from Guns on the Esplanade, in the presence of a large concourse of people, 1857
Neros Torches - Burning of Christians at Rome, 1890. Creator: UnknownNeros Torches - Burning of Christians at Rome, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier
The custody is as barbarous as the crime (Tan barbara la seguridad como el delito), ca. 1815
The Defence of Rorkes Drift, 22nd to 23rd January 1879, 1900. Creator: Alphonse de NeuvilleThe Defence of Rorkes Drift, 22nd to 23rd January 1879, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. I", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]
The burning of maister Hierome of Prage, (c1563). Creator: UnknownThe burning of maister Hierome of Prage, (c1563). The martyrdom of Jerome of Prague in 1416. Jerome (1379-1416) was a Czech/Bohemian religious reformer who preached against the church hierarchy
A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, pub. 1796. Creator: John Gabriel Stedman (1744-97)A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, from Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, from the year 1772
Hangings and torture, pub. 1672. Creator: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672)Hangings and torture from Beschreibung der Ost-Indischem Kusten Malabar und Coromandel... als auch der Insel Zeylon... pub. 1672 (engraving). possibly a religious conflict between Dutch and Spanish
Entertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. Artist: SpexEntertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884
Ceremony of burning a Hindu widow with the body of her late husband, 1847. Suttee was an Indian funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husbands funeral pyre
Judge Thumb or Sticks of a Lawful Size for Family Discipline, 1782. A judge says: Heres amusement for married Gentlemen or, a Specific for a Scolding Wife; Who buys of me
Gladiators in the Roman arena. Spectators are giving the thumbs down, signalling the victor not to spare his defeated adversary. Print after Jean-Leon Gerome
Combat between a lion and a bull, Spain, 1894. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th December 1894