Torture Collection (page 3)

Guy Fawkes before and after the Torture, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Guy Fawkes before and after the Torture, 1897. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed assassination attempt against King James I

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

They swarmed upon me in ever accumulating heaps. from Selected Tales of Mystery, pub. 1909 (colour lithograph), 1909. Scene from The Pit and the Pendulum

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

Popular romance on the Inquisition, boxwood engraving made in 1860 in Barcelona at Ignacio Estivill printing

Dungeons of the Inquisition, executioners applying the torment of fire in feet

Popular engraving showing a scene of the Inquisition with various torture devices, etching, 1850

Weapons kept at the Tower of London, c1800. Artist: G Walker
Weapons kept at the Tower of London, c1800. Various weapons & implements of war which have been employed against the English by different enemies; now deposited in the Tower of London ; various edged

Indigestion, 1835. Artist: George Cruikshank
Indigestion, 1835. A man sits in his bedroom next to Christmas pudding and a bottle of SODA. One demon proffers toast, another pours water down the mans neck, others carry trays of food

The head ache, 1835. Artist: George Cruikshank
The head ache, 1835. A man with an agonised expression is attacked by demons: one drills his head, another with a gimlet; another brandishes a poker, another sings into his ear

The Cholic, 1835. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Cholic, 1835. A thin woman seated on a settee screams as a horde of demons haul on both ends of a rope wound three times round her waist, while other demons attack her with knives, pins

Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 1606, (1795). In the foreground two conspirators are being dragged towards the gallows

The stoning of St Stephen, 1801. Artist: Valentine Green
The stoning of St Stephen, 1801; from the original picture in St Stephen Walbrook, London

Old Bailey, Sessions House, London, c1770. Artist: T White
Interior view of the Sessions House, Old Bailey, London, c1770, showing a man receiving punishment in the form of branding

France, 1755. Artist: William Hogarth
France, 1755, showing a scene on the coast of France with troops boarding a ship to invade England. In the foreground a monk tests his axe

First Stage of Cruelty, plate I from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Tom Nero is torturing a dog with an arrow, whilst another young man attempts to prevent the torment, in vain

Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. Artist: LC Stadler
Third Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. The victim is stripped and an iron chain pulled against his chest until it breaks through the flesh to his bones; One of four scenes of Inquisition

Second Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. Artist: LC Stadler
Second Degree of Torture of the Inquisition, 1813. The victim is tied to a contrivance which winds a rope more and more tightly until his ribs are crushed; One of four scenes of Inquisition torture

Punishment with a Great Knout. Private Collection

A Martyr of Fanaticism. Found in the Collection of Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea do Chiado, Lisboa

Punishment with batogs. From Voyage en Siberie, 1766. Artist: Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781)
Punishment with batogs. From Voyage en Siberie, 1766. Private Collection

Punishment with a Great Knout. From Voyage en Siberie, 1766. Artist: Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781)
Punishment with a Great Knout. From Voyage en Siberie, 1766. Private Collection

Punishment of Natalia Fyodorovna Lopukhina with an ordinary knout. From Voyage en Siberie, 1766. Private Collection

Instruments of torture, End of 19th century. Artist: Anonymous
Instruments of torture, End of 19th century. Private Collection

The South Sea Bubble, from a print by William Hogarth, 1721, (1904). Artist: William Hogarth
The South Sea Bubble, from a print by William Hogarth, 1721, (1904). A British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate

Leaena - Femme Publique, 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berrys Cleres Femmes
Leaena - Femme Publique, 1403, (1939). Leaina was a hetaera and the mistress of Aristogeiton the Tyrannicide. The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus

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

Woodcut showing Geuders Iron Maiden in a torture chamber Setting, c1870. From The Connoisseur, 1941 edited by H. Granville Fell. [The National Magazine Co. Ltd, London, 1941]

The Iron Maiden of Nuremburg, 1941. The iron maiden is a presumed, though likely fictional, torture device. The most famous iron maiden was that of Nuremberg

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1475, (1911). Artist: Antonio del Pollaiuolo
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1475. Painting held in The National Gallery, London. From A History of Painting Vol. 1 by Haldane MacFall [T.C. and E.C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911.]

Scolds Bridle, 1894
Scolds Bridle, 19th century. This unpleasant instrument of punishment reserved for women prisoners originated in medieval Scotland. It consisted of a metal head cage with a built in gag

St Erasmus, c1400 (1964). Also known as St Elmo, Erasmus of Formiae is a Christian saint and martyr. Born in what is today Croatia in the 3rd century, he was martyred in c303

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

Princess Elizabeth confronted with Sir Thomas Wyatt in the torture chamber, 1554 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Princess Elizabeth confronted with Sir Thomas Wyatt in the torture chamber, 1554 (1840). Wyatt (c1521-1554) was involved in the failed attempt, organised by the Duke of Northumberland

Xit wedded to the scavengers daughter, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Xit wedded to the scavengers daughter, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

The hot iron torture, 1898. Artist: FA Brockhaus
The hot iron torture, 1898. Plate taken from In The Forbidden Land (an account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture, and ultimate release), volume II

Hercules, c1500, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Hercules, c1500, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

The Torture of St John the Evangelist, 1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Torture of St John the Evangelist, 1498, (1936). From the Apocalypse series or The Revelations of St. John the Divine

Torture, 1541 (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Torture, 1541 (1849). The Estrapade. A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration in Praxis Criminis Persequendi

Prisoner Receives Torture, (1885). Based on a popular print from Details of true historical crimes and atrocities, c18th century

Escorted By The Military To Torture, (1885). Based on a popular print from Details of true historical crimes and atrocities, c18th century

The Witch Gown of Veringenstadt, 1680. Artist: Objects of History
The Witch Gown of Veringenstadt, 1680. Found in the collection of the Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer

The Flagellation of Christ, before 1457. Artist: Johann Koerbecke
The Flagellation of Christ, before 1457. Koerbecke, Johann (ca. 1415-1491). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Odious behaviour between English officers, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th March 1903

Prometheus tortured by a vulture, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Prometheus tortured by a vulture, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Flaying of Sisamnes, (detail), 1498. Artist: Gerard David
The Flaying of Sisamnes, (detail), 1498. Found in the collection of the Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

The Flagellation of St Gervais, c1620-1670. Artist: Philippe de Champaigne
The Flagellation of St Gervais, c1620-1670

Martyrdom at Ouai (Petchili), China, Boxer Rebellion, 11 August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

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