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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 108v, St. Anne and the Virgin Mary, 1510
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 105v, St. Claude as Bishop, 1510. CreatorPrinted Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 105v, St. Claude as Bishop, 1510
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 101r, St. Lawrence, 1510. Creator: Guillaume Le RougePrinted Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 101r, St. Lawrence, 1510
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol, 78r, Job, 1510. Creator: Guillaume Le Rouge (French)Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol, 78r, Job, 1510
An execution by an elephant, pub. 1681. Creator: Robert Knox (1641-1720)An execution by an elephant, from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, pub. 1681 (engraving). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon ; an account of Robert Knoxs (1641-1720)
The hot iron torture, 1898. Artist: FA BrockhausThe hot iron torture, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume II
Ixion in Tartarus on the wheel, 1655. Artist: Michel de MarollesIxion in Tartarus on the wheel, 1655. According to Greek mythology, Tartarus was the deepest part of the Underworld and reserved for evildoers
Ixion in Tartarus on the wheel, 1733. Artist: Bernard PicartIxion in Tartarus on the wheel, 1733. According to Greek mythology, Tartarus was the deepest part of the Underworld and reserved for evildoers. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733
Prometheus Bound, c1640. Artist: Jacob JordaensPrometheus Bound, 1640. Hermes, messenger of the gods, watches as the eagle swoops down to peck out the liver of the chained Prometheus. Each night the liver regenerated
Costume design for the the ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein, 1911. Artist: Leon BakstCostume 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
Joan of Arc (c1412-1431), Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, (19th century)Joan of Arc (c1412-1431) also known as St Jeanne d Arc, the Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, (19th century). Tried for heresy and sorcery, burnt at the stake in the market place at Rouen
Costume design for Italian writer Gabriele D Annunzios drama The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 1911. Artist: Leon BakstCostume design for Italian writer Gabriele D Annunzios drama The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 1911
Scene from Byrons poem Mazeppa, c1820. Published in 1819, this narrative poem is based on a passage in Voltaires Charles XII
King Cotton Bound; Or, The Modern Prometheus, 1861. King Cotton is represented as Prometheus who, firegiver and champion of the people, is condemned by Jupiter to be bound to a rock for eternity