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The Agitation Against Ritualism: Mr. Kensit's Violent Protest in a West End Church, c1900
The Agitation Against Ritualism: Mr. Kensit's Violent Protest in a West End Church, c1898, (c1900)....Mr. John Kensit

Head of a Chinese Criminal exposed in a Cage to his Children...1857. Creator: Unknown
Head of a Chinese Criminal exposed in a Cage to his Children, from a drawing by a Chinese artist...1857. The penal code of China...is marked by great barbarity

Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Death of the "Lion Queen", in Wombwell's Menagerie, at Chatham [in Kent], 1850. It was the business of the deceased [17-year-old Ellen Blight] to go into the dens

A Suttee, 1845. Creator: D Roberts
A Suttee, 1845. Mourners on the ghats by the River Ganges, India. Suttee or sati was a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre

Head of a Guillotined Man, 1818 / 19. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Head of a Guillotined Man, 1818/19

Brunetta and Phillis, a scene from The Spectator, painted by John Gilbert, 1844. The fair Phillis, dressed in the rich brocade, awaits with impatience the entrance of her rival

Assassination attempt against Queen Victoria, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London, 1840. Scene of Edward Oxfords attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria

Ladies buy your leaf!, c1822. A close-up view of the lower part of the Achilles statue in Hyde Park. Women stand below holding garments to drape over the fig leaf

Making decent!! A hint to the society for the suppression of vice... 1822. Artist
Making decent!! A hint to the society for the suppression of vice. This print commemorative of Anglo-French brass and true British chastity... 1822

Arrest of Lord Hastings, c1856-1859. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Arrest of Lord Hastings, c1856-1859

Beowulf finds the head of Aschere, 1910. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
Beowulf finds the head of Aschere, 1910. Aschere is Hrothgars most trusted warrior who is killed by the monster Grendels mother

Slow Asphyxiation, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Slow Asphyxiation, 1916. Plate 69 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the Kings horse during the Derby, Epsom, Surrey, 1913. Emily Davison (1872-1913), an English suffragette

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

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

George II receiving news of his fathers death from Walpole, 1727. Artist: Beech
George II receiving news of his fathers death from Walpole, 1727. Although the title was never used to refer to him at the time

A wild fight involving harvesting implements, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th August 1902

An Eventful Baptism, 1901. A violent brawl breaks out between guests in a restaurant. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 8th September 1901

A Catholic priest is stabbed by a woman on the street, France, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
A Catholic priest is stabbed by a woman on the street, France, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th October 1897

Explosion of a letter bomb sent to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Explosion of a letter bomb sent to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1895. In August 1895 the chief clerk of Rothschild Freres bank was seriously injured when he opened a latter bomb intended to

The Death of Romeo, 19th century. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet, showing Friar Lawrence finding Romeos body. The play was first performed c1595

Assassination of William McKinley, 25th president of the USA, 1901
Assassination of William McKinley, 25th President of the USA, 1901. On 6th September 1901, McKinley (1843-1901) President of the USA from 1896, was shot by Leon Czolgosz (1873-1901), an anarchist

Scene from Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Act V, scene 3: The Death of Romeo. Illustration for William Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet

Assassination of Elisabeth of Bavaria by Luigi Lucheni, 1898. Elisabeth (1837-1898) was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary as consort of Franz Joseph I whom she married in 1854

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