Slaughtering Collection

The Death of General Gordon, Khartoum, 26 January 1885, 1893 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Cain in the Spell of Satan, 1843. Creator: Edward Dujardin
Cain in the Spell of Satan, 1843

Adam and Eve Discover the Dead Body of Abel, 1843. Creator: Edward Dujardin
Adam and Eve Discover the Dead Body of Abel, 1843

The First Deceased, 1843. Creator: Edward Dujardin
The First Deceased, 1843. Cain in the Spell of Satan; Adam and Eve Discover the Dead Body of Abel; An Angel Brings the Dead Body of Abel to Heaven

The Death of Abel, 1645. Creator: Bartholomeus Breenbergh
The Death of Abel, 1645. Biblical scene: Cain slew his brother Abel with the jawbone of an ass

Autumn, 1607. Creator: Abel Grimmer
Autumn, 1607. Killing pigs

The Death of Abel, 17th century. Creator: Anon
The Death of Abel, 17th century

Charles V Frees the Slaves in Tunis, 1535, (c1870s). Creator: Nicaise de Keyser
Charles V Frees the Slaves in Tunis, 1535, (c1870s)

Saint Luke Appearing at the Curch of Our Lady in Tripoli, c1560-1600

The late Mr. W H. Seward, American statesman, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. W H. Seward, American statesman, 1872

The Murder of the Princes in the Tower, 1925. Creator: Howard Davie
The Murder of the Princes in the Tower, 1925. Illustration of a wax tableau at Madame Tussauds, a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French sculptor Marie Tussaud. This is a sad story

Sidney Was Sheltered in the House of His Friend Walsingham, c1929

Assassination scene - miniature from a manuscript, about 1420

An Emperor at Court, about 1460-1470. Creator: Unknown
An Emperor at Court, about 1460-1470

Calendar Page for December: Slaughtering Pigs: Capricorn; Book of Hours, about 1410. Follower of the Egerton Master

Judith Slaying Holofernes (Jael Slaying Sisera); Barlaam und Josaphat, 1469. Illustration from "Barlaam und Josaphat", a romance in verse, by Rudolf von Ems

Initial S: The Massacre of the Innocents; Antiphonal, late 13th century

The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket; Book of Hours, about 1430-1440. Assassination of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Soldiers slice off the top of Becket's head before killing him

The Massacre of the Innocents; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520

Calendar Page for December: Slaughtering a Pig: Capricorn; Book of Hours, about 1450-1455

Cain Killing Abel; Cite de Dieu, about 1440-1450. Creator: Master of the Geneva Boccaccio
Cain Killing Abel; Cité de Dieu, about 1440-1450

The King of Cyprus Killed by his Brothers Persecutors, c1360s; Chroniques (Book Three), about 1480-1483

Border with Joab Stabbing Abner; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530

Border with Athaliah Ordering the Massacre of the King's Children; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530

Scenes from the Martyrdom of Robert of Bury; Illustrated Vita Christi, with devotional supplements, about 1480-1490

The Massacre of the Innocents; Illustrated Vita Christi, with devotional supplements, about 1190-1200

The Massacre of the Innocents; Llangattock Hours, 1450s. Additional info: This finely illustrated book of hours takes its name from the Baron Llangattock, who owned the book in the 1900s

A Massacre of Family Members; Historia de duobus amantibus, about 1460-1470

The Battle with the Five Kings of Canaan; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410. Creator: Unknown
The Battle with the Five Kings of Canaan; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410

The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket; Arenberg Hours, early 1460s. Creator: Willem Vrelant
The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket; Arenberg Hours, early 1460s

Sibbechai Ordering the Murder of Saph; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410. Creator: Unknown
Sibbechai Ordering the Murder of Saph; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410

The Killing of Abel: Cain's Punishment; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410. Creator: Unknown
The Killing of Abel: Cain's Punishment; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410

Semiramis Ordering the Death of the King: Semiramis Killed by her Son; Weltchronik, about 1400-1410

December Calendar Page: Slaughtering a Pig: Capricorn; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450

A Man Slaughtering a pig; Book of Hours
A Man Slaughtering a pig; Capricorn; calendar page, Book of Hours, about 1415-1420

The last perquisition, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The last perquisition, 1871. La semaine sanglante in Paris - a soldier helps himself to the contents of a recently executed man's pockets

October Calendar Page: Slaughtering and Ox and Grape Harvesting: Libra; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520

Inside the prison of La Roquette, Paris, 1871. Creator: William Simpson
Inside the prison of La Roquette, Paris, 1871....it is our painful task to represent the wholesale acts of vengeance which followed the conquest of different quarters of the city...Our own Artist

Fragment of a Fresco Panel with a Meal Preparation, A.D. 1-79. Creator: Unknown
Fragment of a Fresco Panel with a Meal Preparation, A.D. 1-79

Death of Messalina, about 1704/1712. Creator: Francesco Solimena
Death of Messalina, about 1704/1712. Additional Info: Solimena here represents the murder of Messalina, third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who had a reputation for promiscuity

Japanese Criminals Crucified and Beheaded, 1863-1868. Creator: Felice Beato
Japanese Criminals Crucified and Beheaded, 1863-1868. A row of three decapitated heads sit on a wooden pole. In the background is the crucified body of the servant Sokichi

Crucifixion and Gokumon, 1863-1868. Creator: Felice Beato
Crucifixion and Gokumon, 1863-1868. A row of three decapitated heads sit on a wooden pole. In the background is the crucified body of the servant Sokichi

The Expulsion, about 1480-1490. Creator: Unknown
The Expulsion, about 1480-1490. Additional Info:Illustrated Vita Christi, with devotional supplements

William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States, 1890. Creator: Unknown
William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States, 1890. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (Spanish and American Illustration), 1890

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States, 1885. Creator: Unknown
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States, 1885. From "Universal History", 1885. (Colorised black and white print)

Mob of Paris rioters drowning a police agent, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Mob of Paris rioters drowning a police agent, 1871

The Conflict in Paris: massacre in the Place Vendome, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Conflict in Paris: massacre in the Place Vendôme, 1871

The Fratricide, 1897. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
The Fratricide, 1897

The Courthouse at Calcutta, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Courthouse at Calcutta, 1871. From the Indian papers just received we learn that the assassination of Mr

The late Hon. J. P. Norman, Deputy Chief Justice of Bengal, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The late Hon. J. P. Norman, Deputy Chief Justice of Bengal, [India], 1871

Scene of the murder of Bishop Patteson, Santa Cruz, Pacific Ocean, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the murder of Bishop Patteson, Santa Cruz, Pacific Ocean, 1871

Dr. Otto Schultze, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Otto Schultze, 1917. Shows Dr. Otto H. Schultze, a physician in the New York City coroner's office who was an expert in the Maude King murder case of 1917

Arrest of Beaury for the assassination plot in Paris, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Arrest of Beaury for the assassination plot in Paris, 1870

Church at Oropos, attended by the Greek brigands and their prisoners, 1870

House at Oropos where the Englishmen were confined, 1870. Creator: Unknown
House at Oropos where the Englishmen were confined, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by John Ellis of...the schoolmaster's house in the village, where...the English gentlemen, Messrs

Prince Pierre Bonaparte, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by M. Disderi

Trial of the Greek brigands at Athens, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Trial of the Greek brigands at Athens, 1870

[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. E. H. C. Herbert, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Adele, of Vienna. The bodies of the three English gentlemen - Mr. Edward Herbert, Mr

House of the family murdered at Denham, near Uxbridge, 1870. Creator: Unknown
House of the family murdered at Denham, near Uxbridge, 1870

Prince Pierre Bonaparte's house at Auteuil, Paris, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Prince Pierre Bonaparte's house at Auteuil, Paris, 1870. The disastrous and scandalous affair of the killing of M. Victor Noir by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a cousin of the Emperor Napoleon III

[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. Edward Lloyd, 1870. Creator: Unknown
[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. Edward Lloyd, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Moraites. The bodies of the three English gentlemen - Mr. Edward Herbert, Mr

Greek brigands brought prisoners to Athens, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Greek brigands brought prisoners to Athens, 1870. The murder of the English gentlemen, Messrs

The room in which M. Noir was shot, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The room in which M. Noir was shot, 1870. The disastrous and scandalous affair of the killing of M. Victor Noir by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, a cousin of the Emperor Napoleon III

Sketches from Ireland: cross at Kilskeer, to commemorate the murder of Connell, 1870. On the road from Kells to Killallon, where the farm of Mr

[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. F. G. Vyner, 1870. Creator: Unknown
[One of] the Englishmen killed by Greek brigands: Mr. F. G. Vyner, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Lock and Whitfield. The bodies of the three English gentlemen - Mr. Edward Herbert, Mr

Marshall Henkel, Jose Santos Zelaya, W.G. Dempsey, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marshall Henkel, Jose Santos Zelaya, W.G. Dempsey, 1913. Shows (left to right) U. S. Marshall Henkel, General Jose Santos Zelaya, former President of Nicaragua; and W.G. Dempsey

Thomas Gagan and Henry Bacon, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Thomas Gagan and Henry Bacon, 1915. Shows District Attorney Thomas Gagan, the prosecutor in the trial of William V. Cleary for the murder of Eugene M. Newman. Henry Bacon assisted Gagan in the trial

The pig slaughtering, c1642. Creator: Ostade; Adriaen Jansz; van (1610-1685)
The pig slaughtering, c1642. Found in the Collection of the Private Collection

Carman Jury, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Carman Jury, 1914. Shows the members of the jury in the 1914 trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman for the murder of Lulu Bailey

Celia Coleman, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Celia Coleman, 1914. Shows Celia Coleman, the maid of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman who was accused of killing Lulu Bailey

Victim of an Indian fanatic: the late Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, K.C.I.E. assassinated at the Imperial Institute, 1909

Gunmen Jury, [N.Y.], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Gunmen Jury, [N.Y.], 1912

Political Assassination in England!: the Murder of Sir Curzon Wyllie
Political Assassination in England: the Murder of Sir Curzon Wyllie... 1909....drawn...by our special artist, Cyrus Cuneo...From Material Supplied By Mr. D. W

F.C. Burnell, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
F.C. Burnell, 1914. Shows F.C. Burnell at the inquest of Florence Conklin Carman, wife of Dr. Edwin Carman. She was accused of murdering Lulu Bailey in Cr. Carman's office in June 1914. Mrs

Levy, Graham, Uterhart, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Levy, Graham, Uterhart, 1914. Shows John J. Graham and George M. Levy who were the lawyers who defended Mrs. Edwin Carman in her trial for the murder of Lulu Bailey

The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists, 1783. [Is this a Peace, when Loyalists must bleed? It is a Bloody Piece of work indeed]

The Black Cat, for Edgar Allan Poes Selected Tales of Mystery, 1909
The Black Cat, for Edgar Allan Poes " Selected Tales of Mystery, " 1909, 1909

Landru - Bluebeard of France!, 1921, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Landru - Bluebeard of France!, 1921, (1933). French serial killer Henri Desire Landru (1869-1922), nicknamed The Bluebeard of Gambais, killed at least ten women (and one man) between 1915 and 1919

A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of the king and queen of Spain
A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Spain, Madrid, 31 May 1906, (1910)

Seni with the body of Wallenstein, 26 February 1634, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Seni with the body of Wallenstein, 26 February 1634, (1936). Seni An Der Leiche Wallensteins, 26 Februar 1634

German atrocities in Belgium: execution by machine gun, 1915. Creator: Unknown
German atrocities in Belgium: execution by machine gun, 1915. Atrocites Allemandes En Belgique: Executions a la mitrailleuse. Civilians are shot by German soldiers during the First World War

Assassination of Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Budapest, Hungary, 1848 (c1890). From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol

Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581, 1885, (1965). Detail

Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the former Evelyn Nesbit (1883-1967) wife of Harry K. Thaw

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