Punishment Collection (page 10)

O senseless spirit! let thy horn for thee interpret, c1890. Creator
" O senseless spirit! let thy horn for thee interpret: therewith vent thy rage, if rage or other passion wring thee", c1890

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

Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father
" Then Geddo at my feet outstretch d did fling him, crying, Hast no help for me my father! ", c1890. Count Ugolino

all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Then my sight was livelier to explore the depth, wherein the minister of the most mighty Lord, all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers noted on her dread record, 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

Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here
Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried: " Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil walk on a frozen lake

Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren, c1890
" Look how thou walkest. Take good heed, thy soles do tread not on the heads of thy poor brethren", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil walk on a frozen lake

Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Call thou to mind Piero of Medicina, if again returning, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pier da Medicina who must hold open his windpipe to speak

Now mark how I do rip me! lo! How is Mahomet mangled!, c1890. Creator
" Now mark how I do rip me! lo! How is Mahomet mangled!", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the suffering of the prophet Mohammed, who is repeatedly ripped open

The other two look d on, exclaiming, Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!, c1890
The other two look d on, exclaiming, " Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!", c1890. The Florentine thief Agnello Brunelleschi and Cianfa Donati the serpent merging into a single body

Tuscan... disdain not to instruct us who thou art, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Tuscan, who visitest the college of the mourning hypocrites, disdain not to instruct us who thou art", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter the Hypocrites

Amid this dread exuberance of woe ran naked spirits wing d with horrid fear, c1890. The damned, handcuffed with snakes: With serpents were their hands behind them bound

In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; Thou art caught, c1890. Creator
In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; " Thou art caught", c1890. The demon Alichino chases the escaping sinner Bonturo Dati

This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
This said, they grappled him with more than hundred hooks, c1890. Naked sinners are punished by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

There stood I like the friar, that doth shrive a wretch for murder doom d, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Pope Nicholas III

Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Why greedily thus bendest more on me, than on these other filthy ones, thy ken?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Alessio Interminei of Lucca immers d in ordure

Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Ah! How they made them bound at the first stripe!, c1890. Naked sinners are lashed by demons. Illustration from " The Vision of Hell" (Inferno)

Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, ...to shake off the heat, still falling fresh, c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil witness the damned afflicted by flakes of fire

One cried from far: Say to what pain ye come condemn d, c1890. Creator
One cried from far: " Say to what pain ye come condemn d, who down this steep have journied? Speak from whence ye stand, or else the bow I draw", c1890

The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, c17th century, (1908). Creator: Unknown
The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist, c17th century, (1908). St John was boiled in oil for refusing to worship pagan gods under the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian at the Latin Gate (Rome)

The Schoolmaster Abroad, 1832. Creator: Unknown
The Schoolmaster Abroad, 1832. The teacher returns to find his pupils creating mayhem in the classroom. One draws a caricature of the teacher on the door

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

The Irish Tutor, 1836. Creator: John Doyle
The Irish Tutor, 1836. Satirical caricature of British politicians: John William Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough; George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle; Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice

Captain Cameron and the other Abyssinian Captives, c1864. Creator: Unknown
Captain Cameron and the other Abyssinian Captives, c1864. Captain Charles Cameron, British Consul in Ethiopia, (far right)

Souls condemned to Hell, second half of the 15th century, (1849). Creator: Kellerhoven
Souls condemned to Hell, second half of the 15th century, (1849). The dead are brought naked in chains, before being cooked in a fire by devils. Below is Satan on his throne

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"

Flogging at the Old Bailey, 1809, (1925). Creator: Unknown
Flogging at the Old Bailey, 1809, (1925). From " London in the Eighteenth Century", by Sir Walter Besant. [A. & C. Black, Ltd. London, 1925]

On The Road To Tyburn, 1747, (1925). Creator: William Hogarth
On The Road To Tyburn, 1747, (1925). The Idle Prentice Executed at Tyburn Plate 11 from Industry and Idleness - 12 plot-linked engravings created by William Hogarth, 1747

Titus Oates in the Pillory, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Titus Oates in the Pillory, 1897. Titus Oates (1649-1705) was an Anglican priest who made up the story of the Popish Plot of 1678, a plot against the government

Perkin Warbeck Reading his Confession, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Perkin Warbeck Reading his Confession, 1897. Pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck is ridiculed as he sits in the stocks

The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre, 1780, (1790?). Creator: John Goldar
The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre, 1780, (1790?). British soldier Major John Andre (1751-1780) was hanged as a spy during the American War of Independence

A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, pub. 1796. Creator: John Gabriel Stedman (1744-97)
A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, from Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, from the year 1772

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

Titus Oates in the Pillory, 1685, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Titus Oates in the Pillory, 1685, (1897). Oates (1649-1705), an Anglican priest, fabricated an imaginary popish plot against the government

Site of Black Hole, 1925. Creator: Unknown
Site of Black Hole, 1925. From British Government in India, Volume One, by Lord Curzon of Kedleston. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1925]

Apollo and Marsyas, 1637. Creator: Ribera, Jose, de (1591-1652)
Apollo and Marsyas, 1637. Found in the Collection of Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Eleanor doing penance for witchcraft, 1441, (1789) Artist: Anker Smith
Eleanor doing penance for witchcraft, 1441, (1789). Eleanor Cobham (1400-1454), Duchess of Gloucester, was charged with unlawful commerce with Marjory Jourdemain, the Witch of Eye

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

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

An Iron Bridle for a Scolds Tongue, c1934. Illustration showing various types of metal bridle or branks, used as punishment for percieved gossiping, nagging or scandal-mongering

The March of the Guards Towards Scotland, 1745, (1920). Artist: Luke Sullivan
The March of the Guards Towards Scotland, 1745, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Mutiny on board in a war ship, by sailors, for the punishment by lash to a companion, engraving, 1825

Auto da fe in Valladolid, religious court created at the request of the Catholic Kings to investigate and punish crimes against the faith

Chronicle of Ioannes ho Skylitzes. Miniature showing the punishment to the accomplices in the death of the Emperor Leo

Interior view of a hall in Horsemonger Lane Prison, Union Road, Southwark, London, 1832

Interior view in Horsemonger Lane Prison, Union Road, Southwark, London, c1826. Artist
Interior view in Horsemonger Lane Prison, Union Road, Southwark, London, c1826

Interior view of the chapel, Horsemonger Lane Prison, Union Road, Southwark, London, 1826

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