Cruelty Collection (page 10)

Flagellation of St Denis, St Rustic and St Eleutherius, 1317
Flagellation of St Denis, St Rustic and St Eleutherius, on the orders of Sisinnius, 1317. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves

Massacre of the inhabitants of Paris, May 1413, (1484). Episode during the civil war between the Armagnacs and the Bourguignons

Massacre of the Armagnacs by the Bourguignons, Paris, 1418, (1484)
Massacre of the Armagnacs by the Bourguignons, Paris, May-June 1418, (1484). Illustration from the Vigils of Charles VII by Martial of Paris, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Two Monkeys, 1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Two Monkeys, 1562. From the collection of the Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

All will fall, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
All will fall, 1799. Plate 19 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Who would have thought it!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Who would have thought it!, 1799. Plate 62 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

The exhortations, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
The exhortations, 1819-1823. Plate 16 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

The Cruel Children, c1850-1890. Artist: Stanislas Lepine
The Cruel Children, 20th Century. French Impressionist Painter, Private Collection

Hercules and Omphale, 1606. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Hercules and Omphale, 1606. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

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)

Golgotha ( Calvary ), 16th century. Artist: Maerten van Heemskerck
Golgotha ( Calvary ), 16th century. At the Crucifixion, the soldier pierces Christs side with a lance. In the right foreground the soldiers cast lots for Christs cloak

The King of Kashmir dispenses justice, late 13th century, (early 15th century). Artist: Master of Boucicaut
The King of Kashmir dispenses justice, late 13th century, (early 15th century). Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant, left Venice with his father and uncle in 1271

Bacchus, 1560. Artist: Valerio di Simone Cioli
Bacchus, 1560. Statue in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy. It shows Pietro Barbino, Cosimo Is court dwarf, as Bacchus, riding a tortoise

A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. From the Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 16th century. Artist: Gregorio Lopez
The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 16th century. Sebastian was born in Gaul and was a member of the Emperor Diocletians Praetorian Guard. As a Christian he was sentenced to be executed by archers

Martyrdom of St Laurence, mid 15th century. Artist: Fra Angelico
Martyrdom of St Laurence, mid 15th century. St Laurence (d258) saint and martyr, Deacon of the Christian church in Rome. Under the persecution of Valerian he was condemned to death by being broiled

Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, London, c1820. Edward Cross kept his menagerie here until Exeter Change was demolished in 1829 and he moved it to the Surrey Gardens, Walworth c1830

Execution of Kemmler, the first man to die in the electric chair, USA, 6 August 1890
Execution of Kemmler, the first man to die in the electric chair, Auburn Prison, USA, 6 August 1890. William Kemmler, a brute who chopped a woman to bits with an axe

The Stoning of St Paul, Ivory Panel from Casket, Rome, late 4th century. At British Museum

Dark Artillery; or, How to Make the Contrabands Useful, American Civil War, 1861. Contrabands were Negro slaves who had escaped or been brought across Union (northern) lines

Bear Garden, Southwark, London, after its third rebuilding, 1648. By this time plays and prize-fighting had been added to the original entertainment of bear baiting

Bear Garden, Southwark, London, 1574. Bear-baiting was a popular form of public entertainment. Woodcut based on a detail from Cornelis de Visschers print of London

A Farewell Ride on Jumbo, London Zoo, 1882. This large African elephant was sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus

Transporting Jumbo the African elephant to America, 1882. Jumbo was a large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus

Jumbo the African elephant, 1882. Jumbo was a large African elephant sold by London Zoo in 1882 to the American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) for his circus

British prison life, 1907. Treadmill for hard labour, and punishment with the cat-o-nine-tails. France was suffering from gangs of thugs called the Apaches at this time

Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. After his arrest, during the week of his Passion leading up to the crucifixion, Jesus was humiliated, tried and tortured

The Cock Pit, c1840. Artist: George Presbury
The Cock Pit, c1840. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (centre)

Gendarmes taking census forms to an encampment of itinerant gipsies in their caravan, 1895. A boy in the foreground leads a muzzled dancing bear. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, May 1895)

February - Cutting Weather, 1839. Artist: George Cruikshank
February - Cutting Weather, 1839. A typical day at Dr Swishtails Academy. Boys at their desks look on as the schoolmaster punishes a boy by flogging him with the birch

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)

Male, female and child captives driven into slavery by Arab slave traders, c1875. The men are fastened together with slave forks. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, c1875

Combat between a lion and a bull, Spain, 1894. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th December 1894

Bull of Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, c570 BC (16th century). Phalaris commissioned Perillus of Athens to make a brazen bull in which to execute criminals who were shut up in it then baked

Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia, c16th century
Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Tsar of Russia, c16th century. Woodcut

Thomas Bambridge (fl1729), Warden of the Fleet Prison, London. In 1728 Bambridge was the subject of a Parliamentary enquiry into his cruelty

Boer families in a British concentration camp at Eshowe, Zululand, 2nd Boer War, 1900. This represented the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

Boer families in a British prison camp, 1901. Distressed condition of Boer civilians dispossed or imprisoned for resisting the British

A Cry from Christendom, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Cry from Christendom, 1882. England illustrates the outrage of the people to Russia. In the background, Russians are seen murdering Russian Jews in vast numbers

Scinece and Stupidity, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
Scinece and Stupidity, 1876. The policeman, clutching his Vivisection Bill, tries to move on the group of medical professors using a microscope to look at the results of their latest work

Prevention Better Than Cure, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Prevention Better Than Cure, 1869. The message implicit in this cartoon is that more bobbies on the beat will prevent crime

Tear em At The Tuileries, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Tear em At The Tuileries, 1863. Eugenie says: Ah, Mon Cher Louis! Pray Don t Cram The Poor Little Fellow Any More; It is Positively Cruel

The Little Red Man from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Christ Crowned with Thorns (copy). n. d. Creator: Jan Muller
Christ Crowned with Thorns (copy).n.d. After Lucas van Leyden

Cruelty in Perfection, 1790. Creator: J Bell
Cruelty in Perfection, 1790

Plate 8 from the Tauromaquia : A moor caught by the bull in the ring, ca. 1816

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand.n.d

Stoning of Moses, Joshua and Caleb, Byzantine, early 20th century (original dated 5th century)

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