Horror Collection (page 4)

The Nancy Packet, 1784. Artist: James Gillray
The Nancy Packet, 1784. The wreck of the Nancy, an East India Company ship, in a storm off the Scilly Isles in 1784. One of the passengers killed in the disaster was the celebrated opera singer Ann

The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. Artist: Francois d Orleans, Prince de Joinville
The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. The Ocean Monarch set sail from Liverpool bound for Boston on 24 August 1848, carrying passengers

Abdullas Theatre Guide: Detective Drama - The Abdulla Fiend, 1939. From Punch, or the London Charivari. - November 15, 1939. [Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Limited, London, 1939]

Execution of three Carthusian martyrs, Tyburn, London, 1535 (1904). Artist: Nicolas Beatrizet
Execution of three Carthusian martyrs, Tyburn, London, 1535 (1904). On 19 June 1535, three monks of the London Charterhouse were executed at Tyburn

The burning of Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and Nicholas Belenian, 1546 (1904)
The burning of Anne Askew, John Lascelles, John Adams and Nicholas Belenian at Smithfield, London, 1546 (1904). Anne Askew (1521-1546) an English poet and Protestant who was condemned as a heretic

We are beaten, o Romans, in a great battle, our army is destroyed, c1912 (1912). The announcement by Marcus, one of the Roman praetors

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

Reduced from the Plague, London, 1665 (1905). A victim of thee Great Plague of London. From Cassells History of England, Vol

The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). Artist: AB Frost
The Great Plague: the Maniac Pronouncing the Doom of London, 1665-1666 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Marjorie Bowen, 1937
Marjorie Bowen, pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long nee Campbell (1885-1952), British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography, 1937

Charred bodies of the crew of a Zeppelin shot down over Billericay, Essex, World War I, 1916. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The mortuary, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939. Barcelona was the scene of street fighting between different Republican factions between 3 and 8 May 1937

Bodies laid out after being machine-gunned, Barcelona, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939
Bodies laid out after being machine-gunned, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Spanish Civil War, c1936-c1939. Barcelona was the scene of street fighting between different Republican factions between 3

The arrest of Camille Desmoulins, 31st march 1794 (1882-1884). Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution

St Bartholomews Day Massacre, 1572 (1882-1884). Artist: G Dory
St Bartholomews Day Massacre, 1572 (1882-1884). The massacre occurred after a failed attempt by the powerful Catholic Guise family to murder the Huguenot (Protestant)

The question extraordinaire, extreme form of torture, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Infanticide in India, as Practised in the Temples of Canesa. Artist: T Jeavons
Infanticide in India, as Practised in the Temples of Canesa. A print from The Faiths of the World, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects, Volume II, by Reverend James Gardner

A Frightful Incident, 1883. A woman taken by a crocodile. A print from The Life and explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D

Christ in Hades, 1899. Artist: JF Weber
Christ in Hades, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). Artist: George Cruikshank
The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 (1904). On 16th August 1819, soldiers of the 15th Hussars charging an unarmed crowd gathered on St Peters Field in Manchester to hear speeches

A plan of the interior of a slave ship, 1808 (1965). A plan of a slave ship prepared by the Wilberforce Committee to give the spectator an idea of the sufferings of the Africans in the middle

Lady Jane Grey meeting the body of her husband on the way to the scaffold, 1554 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Lady Jane Grey meeting the body of her husband on the way to the scaffold, 1554 (1840). A grandniece of Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen on Edward VIs death in 1553 in an attempt to

The Burning of Edward Underhill on Tower Green, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Burning of Edward Underhill on Tower Green, 1840. Edward Underhill was a religious radical who was imprisoned during the persecutions of Protestants during the reign of Queen Mary I

The Burning of Richard Woodman and nine other protestant martyrs, at Lewes in Sussex
The Burning of ten protestant martyrs, Lewes, Sussex, 1557. Seventeen Protestant martyrs were burned at the stake between 1555 and 1557 during the persecutions of the reign of Queen Mary

Caricature of the Laocoon group, 1937. Artist: Nicolo Boldrini
Caricature of the Laocoon group, 1937. A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

The Derby tragedy of 1913, (1935). Emily Davison, a suffragette, threw herself in front of the Kings horse, Anmer, and was killed

Burning of a heretic, c16th century (1882-1884). Artist: Spex
Burning of a heretic, c16th century (1882-1884). The 16th century saw increasing strife between French Catholics and Protestants, culminating in the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598)

The Death of the First Born, 1872 (c1880-1882). Artist: A Mongin
The Death of the First Born, 1872 (c1880-1882). The last of the plagues of Egypt. The Pharaoh holds his dead son. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas

A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792. Artist: James Gillray
A Voluptuary Under the Horrors of Digestion, 1792. Engraving of the Prince Regent, (later King George IV), who was famous for his gluttonous appetite

Sterne and Death. 1768. Artist: Thomas Patch
Sterne and Death. 1768. Portrait of Irish-born author and clergyman Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) who is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

The Raft of the Medusa, 1900. The Medusa was a French frigate wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Senegal in 1816. The incident became infamous due to the incompetence of the ships captain

After the attack of Good Friday, St-Gervais, Paris, World War I, 29 March 1918 (1929). Artist: J Simont
After the attack of Good Friday, St-Gervais, Paris, World War I, 29 March 1918 (1929). A shell from a German long-range gun struck the roof of the Church of St Gervais-et-St Protais on 29 March 1918

Room where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed, Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17 1918
The room where Tsar Nicholas II, his family and attendants were executed, Yekaterinburg, Siberia, Russia, July 17 1918. Compelled to abdicate in the wake of the February Revolution

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

Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, on Bloody Sunday, 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II outside

Room in the Mariinskaya Hospital where Fyodor Kokoshkin was murdered, Petrograd, Russia, 1918. Kokoshkin and Andrei Shingarev were two of the leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party

The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French, 1805. Artist: John Barlow
The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army as Practised by the French, 1805. Scene during the Haitian Revolution, which saw Haiti gain its independence from France in 1804

The Mode of training Blood Hounds in St Domingo and of exercising them by Chasseurs, 1805. Artist: John Barlow
The Mode of training Blood Hounds in St Domingo and of exercising them by Chasseurs, 1805. A French soldier showing a negro slave to a pack of caged bloodhounds

French troops after an German attack and bombardment, World War I, 30th June 1915

Scene of Hell, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles
Scene of Hell, 1655. A plate from Michel de Marolless Tableaux du Temple des Muses, Paris, 1655. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. From Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

Assassination of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic, 1894. Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) was stabbed by an Italian anarchist named Sante Jeronimo Caserio after delivering a

Person killed by the Pompeii eruption, 79 AD. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD killing the people of the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum

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

Medea, 1862. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Medea, 1862. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Casualties of the Paris Commune, 1871. Rows of dead bodies laid out. During the bloody suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871 an unkown number of Parisians, possibly as many as 30, 000

The Crucifixion, (part of a diptych), early 14th century. Artist: Pacino di Bonaguida
The Crucifixion, (part of a diptych), early 14th century. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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