Gruesome Collection (page 3)

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia standing naked in a large cauldron, at left under... ca
The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia standing naked in a large cauldron, at left under a colonnade, sits a Roman Prefect, at right the statue of Jupiter in a niche, ca. 1520-25

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli, ca. 1520

"The Otter Speared", painted by E. Landseer, R. A. 1844. Creator: Unknown
" The Otter Speared", painted by E. Landseer, R.A. 1844. After The Otter Speared, the Earl of Aberdeens Otterhounds

Mousetrap, 1860. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Mousetrap, 1860

The Daughter of Herodias (Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist, Matthew 14:10-11)... 1798
The Daughter of Herodias (Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist, Matthew 14:10-11), 1798

Drawings Showing Combat on Foot (Champ Clos), 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Drawings Showing Combat on Foot (Champ Clos), 16th century

Battle Scene, 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Battle Scene, 13th century

Krishna and Balarama Fighting the Enemy, Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna)), ca. 1590-95

Beheading of Two Male Saints, 1696-1770. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Beheading of Two Male Saints, 1696-1770

Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death, Folio 472r from the Shahnama... ca. 1525-30
Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death, Folio 472r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525-30

The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907. Creator: Henri Rousseau
The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907

Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, from a Laudario, ca. 1340

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1640. Creator: Massimo Stanzione
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1640

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1650s. Creator: David Teniers II
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1650s

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, ca. 1330-35. Creator: Giovanni Baronzio
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist, ca. 1330-35

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1507-9. Creator: Andrea Solario
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1507-9

His head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel, mid 19th century. Creator
His head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel, mid 19th century. Biblical scene, from Matthew 14: 11: And his head was brought in a charger

Tower of London. The Bloody Tower, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Tower of London. The Bloody Tower, c1910. View of part of the Tower of London - historic palace, prison, fortress and armoury - which dates from the 11th century

This is the head of Kanshusai, the son of the Lord Sugawara!, 1919. Creator
" This is the head of Kanshusai, the son of the Lord Sugawara!", 1919. The severed head was, in fact, that of little Kotaro

Then, fasting got the mastery of grief, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Then, fasting got the mastery of grief", c1890. Count Ugolino, his sons and grandsons condemned to death by starvation in the Torre dei Gualandi

Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Not more furiously on Menalippus temples Tydeus gnawed, than on that skull and on its garbage he, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil visit a frozen lake

By the hair it bore the sever d member, lantern-wise pendant in hand, c1890. Creator
By the hair it bore the sever d member, lantern-wise pendant in hand, which look d at us and said, " Woes me!", c1890

Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below amongst the maim d and miserable shades?
But Virgil roused me: " What yet gazest on? Wherefore doth fasten yet thy sight below amongst the maim d and miserable shades?", c1890

They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin
They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872, (1965). Decapitated heads of Russians are displayed on poles in front of the Sher-dor Madrasah in Registan, Samarkand

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

Captif Sacrifie par les Antis, 1723. Creator: Bernard Picart
Captif Sacrifie par les Antis, 1723. Captive sacrificed by the Antis. Gruesome scene in the Americas, showing a man tied to a post being flayed and bled with knives

Galgenmusik, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator: Carl Spitzweg
Galgenmusik, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Gallows music. A fiddler plays to a body swinging from a scaffold. From " Die gute alte Zeit: Zeichnungen von Karl Spitzweg"

Heads on Old London Bridge, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Heads on Old London Bridge, (c1872). The heads of executed criminals and traitors were displayed on pikes above the southern gatehouse on London Bridge over the River Thames

A satirical banknote: crime, punishment and protest, 1819 (1894). Artist: George Cruikshank
A satirical banknote: crime, punishment and protest, 1819. Until 1832 the act of forgery in Britain and sometimes even the use of a forged banknote, was punishable by death

Indians of the Putumayo River with a decapitated head, Amazonia. Possibly members of the Shuar people, who practised headhunting

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

Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). Artist: Pierre Fritel
Human sacrifice, Mexico, Pre-Colombian period, (19th century). A priest holds up the still-beating heart of a victim in a 19th-century representation of practices carried out by the Aztecs before

Apotheosis of the War, 1871. Artist: Vasily Vereshchagin
Apotheosis of the War, 1871. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872. Artist: Vasily Vereshchagin
They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872. Decapitated heads of Europeans are displayed on poles in front of a mosque. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Emperor being shown heads of Mandarins suspected of supporting the Russians, China, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th March 1904

Execution of members of Tsong-Li-Yamen, China, Boxer Rebellion, 13 August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

Martyrdom at Ouai (Petchili), China, Boxer Rebellion, 11 August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

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

Salome, c1504-1553. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Salome, c1504-1553. Salome carrying a platter with the decapitated head of John the Baptist on it

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

Electric chair, 1898. The Death Chair. In reality it is a simple, though exceedingly strongly made, ordinary chair, the electric apparatus being entirely separate

William Hare, murderer and body snatcher. Hare (1790-1860) was an accomplice of William Burke (1792-1829) in a series of at least 15 murders

William Burke, Irish murderer and body snatcher. An accomplice of William Hare (1790-1860) in a series of at least 15 murders

Russians routing Bulgarians in a cavalry skirmish. Chromolithograph from a 10th century Sclavonian manuscript in the Vatican Library

A crime on the Rue Botzaris, Paris, 1892. Artist: F Meaulle
A crime on the Rue Botzaris, Paris, 1892. A womans body was found cut into pieces. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 12th November 1892

Carrying the Cross, c1480-1516. Artist: Hieronymus Bosch
Carrying the Cross, c1480-1516. Christ on the road to Calvary surrounded by a crowd of gruesome-faced figures

Beheading of Saint Catherine (?). Creator: Unknown
Beheading of Saint Catherine (?)

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