Spikes Collection

The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Ancient instrument of torture called "The Virgin", found in the Castle of Feistritz, Germany, 1860
Ancient instrument of torture called "The Virgin", found in the Castle of Feistritz, in Germany, 1860. Mr. Pearsall was lucky enough to hear in casual conversation that a specimen of this

Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Detail from a larger artwork

Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Detail from a larger artwork

The Chapel-Yard, Newgate Prison, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Chapel-Yard, Newgate Prison, [London], 1850. The quadrangle for the men is much like the women's, but larger. It consists of two or three yards, and the building surrounding them

The annual change of the Household Brigade the Second Life Guards arriving at Albany... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The annual change of the Household Brigade the Second Life Guards arriving at Albany-Street Barracks, [London], 1862. The annual change of quarters of the brigade of Household Cavalry took place

Bell (nao), Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 B. C. ). Creator: Unknown
Bell (nao), Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 B.C.). A bell with two convex sides of nearly rectangular shape and an opening at top rests on a slim cylindrical base

Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785 / 89. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89

Clawed Arm Defense, Italy, mid-19th century in the early 17th centlury style

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, late 15th century. Creator: Master FVB
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, late 15th century

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 1470-75. Creator: Martin Schongauer
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 1470-75

St. Catherine, ca. 1505. Creator: Hans Baldung
St. Catherine, ca. 1505

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria.n.d

The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthagi... ca
The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians, ca. 1661-62

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, kneeling with her elbow resting on the spiked wheel, and an angel crowning her with a flower wreath, 1698

Marcus Atilius Regulus in a barrel while two men are hammering in the nails, various figures throughout, 1555-77

A Corsican Toad Under a Harrow, November 27, 1813. November 27, 1813
A Corsican Toad Under a Harrow, November 27, 1813

The Resurrection. Creator: Unknown
The Resurrection

The Impaling of Some rebells?, Punishment: Massacre by impalement, pub. 1672. Creator
The Impaling of Some rebells?, Punishment: Massacre by impalement, from Beschreibung der Ost Indischen Kusten Malabar und Coromandel... als auch der Insel Zeylon... pub. 1672 (engraving)

Cactus, pub. 1836. Creator: Panacre Bessa (1772-1846)
Cactus, illustration from Flore des jardiniers, amateurs et manufacturiers: D apres les dessins de Bessa. Extraits de l Herbier de l amateur. pub. 1836 (hand coloured engraving)

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine.n.d

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