Treachery Collection

Delilah, after Alexandre Cabanel, c1880-83. Creator: Charles Theodore Deblois
'Delilah, after Alexandre Cabanel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher, 1901. Creator: Richard Caton Woodville II
Burning the Farm of a Treacherous Burgher, 1901. During Peace talks of February 1901, Kitchner declared he would stop his troops burning farms if Louis Botha instructed the Boers to stop using them

The Demon Omatsu Kills Shirosaburo in the Ford, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Demon Omatsu Kills Shirosaburo in the Ford, 1886. Series: A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

The Treacherous Sinon Brought into the Trojans Camp by the Shepherds, 1535-55

The Treacherous Sinon Brought into the Trajans Camp by the Shepherds, 1535-55

The Sacrifice of Polyxena, 1776. Creator: Giovanni David
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, 1776. King Priams daughter Polyxena is sacrificed for her betrayal of Achilles after her brothers shot a poisoned arrow in his heel

The Betrayal, c. 1480. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
The Betrayal, c. 1480

Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers, who sit around a well dividing up the coins, 1730-39

The Calumny of Apelles, 1602. Creator: Cornelis Cort
The Calumny of Apelles, 1602

Vortigern King of Britain espouses Rowena a Saxon Lady... mid 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Vortigern King of Britain espouses Rowena a Saxon Lady, which occasioned the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain, mid 18th century. King Vortigern offers wine to Rowena at al fresco wedding feast

The Remorse of Judas, 1866, (c1930). Creator: Edward Armitage
The Remorse of Judas, 1866, (c1930). Biblical scene: Judas tries to give back the thirty pieces of silver he was paid to betray Christ. Painting in the Tate Gallery, London

Hengest and Horsa meeting King Vortigern, in the Isle of Thanet, 1773. Creator: William Walker
Hengest and Horsa meeting King Vortigern, in the Isle of Thanet, 1773. Hengist and Horsa led the Angles, Saxons and Jute invasion of Britain in the 5th century. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786)

Lo! he exclaimed, lo Dis!, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Lo!" he exclaimed, " lo Dis!: and lo! the place, where thou hast need to arm thy heart with strength", 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

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

The Earl of Northumberland at High Mass in the Chapel at Conway castle, 19th Century
The Earl of Northumberland at High Mass in the Chapel at Conway castle taking his treacherous and fatal oath, facsimile copy from Le Prinse et mort du Roy Richart by Jean Creton reprinted 19th

Talbot and the Countess of Auvergne, 1875, (c1915). Artist: William Quiller Orchardson
Talbot and the Countess of Auvergne, 1875, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Benedict Arnold viewing the destruction of New London, 1781 (c1880). Arnold (1741-1801) fought for the American Continental Army from the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1775

Escape of Benedict Arnold, 1780 (c1880). Arnold (1741-1801) fought for the American Continental Army from the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1775, becoming one of its most effective generals

Treachery of the Cherokees, 18th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Larcia accuses St Denis, 1317. Larcia, a pagan, denounced the saint and his companions, and was later converted. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD)

The murder of Etienne Marcel, 1358, (mid-15th century). Artist: Loyset Liedet
The murder of Etienne Marcel, 1358, (mid-15th century). Marcel was about to open the gates of Paris to the king of Navarres armed bands, but Jean Maillart prevented him

Japanese beheading Chinese functionaries, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Incident reported by war correspondent in Moukden. Japanese beheading Chinese functionaries suspected of Russian sympathies

Japanese spies being hanged, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Japanese spies being hanged by Russian military command. Russo-Japanese War 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 13 March 1904

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