Cruel Collection (page 4)

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

Baron D Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Creator: R Page
Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar, 2nd Baron d Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Portrait made in 1803 of Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar (1739-1802)

The Governor of Meaux executed on the tree whereon he used to hang his English Prisoners, 1773. Varus, Governor of Meaux executed in 1422 during the reign of Henry V. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786)

Sport in India - Smoking Wolves from their Earths, c1808, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Sport in India - Smoking Wolves from their Earths, c1808, (1901). British and Indian men hunting wolves: some throw spears

The interior of the Bullring, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The interior of the Bullring, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Crowds watching the bullfight at the Plaza de toros de la Fuente del Berro, opened in 1874

The burning of maister Hierome of Prage, (c1563). Creator: Unknown
The 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

Hunting in Leicestershire, 1827 - In At The Death, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Hunting in Leicestershire, 1827 - In At The Death, (1890). Fox hunting scene in rural England: huntsmen and hounds gather round as the bloody body of the fox is held aloft

The Execution of Louisa Mabree, the French Midwife. Creator: Unknown
The Execution of Louisa Mabree, the French Midwife. A woman is burned alive in a cage filled with black cats suspended over a blazing fire

Pigeon Shooting in India, 19th century. Creator: J Bennett
Pigeon Shooting in India, 19th century. British colonials fire as locals release pigeons into the air

Il Ballo dell Orso, 1815. Creator: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Il Ballo dell Orso, 1815. A bear, chained and muzzled, is forced to dance to earn coins for its master. Dogs in miniature outfits walk on their hind legs as the crowd looks on

Fox-Hunting, (1924). Creator: Unknown
Fox-Hunting, (1924). Chasing a fox with dogs in the woods. No.10 in a series of 25 Old Sporting Prints Cigarette Cards. After Samuel Howitt. [John Player & Sons, 1924]

Curious Old-Time Military Punishments, c1934. Illustration showing 17th-century methods of punishing offences: the whirligig, riding the wooden horse, flogging, picketing

Bear-Baiting in a Stuart Bear Pit, c1934. Illustration showing English mastiff dogs attacking a chained bear, a favourite amusement of the people in Stuart times

Prisoners Working on the Treadmill, c1934. Illustration showing the 19th century method of forcing idle prisoners to take exercise

Don Fruela I (722-Cangas de Onis - 768), called the Cruel. King of Asturias, son of Alfonso I, the Catholic, he fought Abderrahman I in Galicia

Royal Cock Pit, 1808. Artist: J Bluck
Royal Cock Pit, 1808. Interior view of the Royal Cockpit, Dartmouth Street, off Birdcage Walk, Westminster

Alberich drives in a band of Nibelungs with gold and silver treasures, 1910. Artist
Alberich drives in a band of Nibelungs with gold and silver treasures, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie

Mime writhes under the lashes he receives, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Mime writhes under the lashes he receives, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Alberich puts on the Tarnhelm and becomes invisible, beating Mime to taunt him. From Das Rheingold

Mime howling Ohe! Ohe! Oh! Oh!, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Mime howling Ohe! Ohe! Oh! Oh!, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Alberich beats his brother Mime for taking too long working on the Tarnhelm. From Das Rheingold

Lothrop Withington, Jr (right), a Harvard freshman, swallowing a goldfish, USA, 1935. Three days later, at Franklin and Marshall College, a young man ate three

Caligula, Roman Emperor, (c1590-1629). Artist: Aegidius Sadeler II
Caligula, Roman Emperor, (c1590-1629). Caligula (12-41 AD) was the third Roman Emperor, ruling from 37 until he was assassinated in 41

The Moneylenders, c1515, (1912). Artist: Quentin Metsys I
The Moneylenders, c1515, (1912). From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

General Dalzell Entering Edinburgh, July 1666, (c1880). Sir Thomas Dalyell of The Binns, 1st Baronet (1615-1685) was a Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Thumbscrew, 1905. From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

The kill, fox hunting, 1787 (1890). A print from The Graphic, 6 December 1890

St Erasmus, c1400 (1964). Also known as St Elmo, Erasmus of Formiae is a Christian saint and martyr. Born in what is today Croatia in the 3rd century, he was martyred in c303

The Great 100 Rat Match, 19th century(?)

Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884). Artist: Spex
Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Entertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. Artist: Spex
Entertainment 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

Gypsies and dancing bears on the road. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Gypsies and dancing bears on the road. Stereoscopic card detail

At Jamrachs, London, 1887
At Jamrach s, London, 1887. Charles Jamrach was a dealer in wild animals, whose premises were on The Highway in East London. A print from The Illustrated London News, 19th Febuary 1887

Scene from slave life, 1965. A print from The Slave Trade and its Abolition, edited by John Langdon-Davies, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965

The selling and branding of slaves before being put aboard a ship, 1965. A print from The Slave Trade and its Abolition, edited by John Langdon-Davies, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965

Chained and yoked slaves on the march to the trading station, 1965. A print from The Slave Trade and its Abolition, edited by John Langdon-Davies, Jonathan Cape, London, 1965

Xit wedded to the scavengers daughter, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Xit wedded to the scavengers daughter, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

Lawrence Nightgall dragging Cicely down the secret stairs in the Salt Tower, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Lawrence Nightgall dragging Cicely down the secret stairs in the Salt Tower, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

A story of cruel Frederick

Bull fight, 20th century

Blowing mutinous Sepoys from the guns, 1857, (c1860). British officers punishing mutineers during the period of East India Company rule

German troops occupying the city of Liege in Belgium, First World War, 1914. The soldier in the foreground is kicking a dog pulling one of the traditional dogcarts

The merchants of Calicut seized and chained to a barren rock by order of Tippoo Saib, (1847). The merchants of Kozhikode in Kerala, India, are cruelly treated by Tippu Sultan (1749-1799)

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

Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Rat fighting, recreation of Louis XI of France, 1461-1483 (1882-1884). Louis was King of France from 1461 to 1483. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume II

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

French Travelling, or the First Stage from Calais, 1792. Artist: F Dukes
French Travelling, or the First Stage from Calais, 1792. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily

Dancing Bear, 1785. Artist: C Knight
Dancing Bear, 1785. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Satan in all his Glory... 1792.Artist: James Gillray
Satan in all his Glory; - or Peter Pindar crouching to the devil, sketch d from the peep-hole at scalegill, 1792. To the worthy inhabitants of Cumberland

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