Violence Collection (page 13)

Detail from a Psalter, Massacre of the Children, c1140. Probably illuminated at Canterbury c.1140 AD

Illustration of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, 19th century. Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Illustration of Richard III (2 October 1452 - 22 August 1485) at the Battle of Bosworth in August 1485, from a Chronicle of England by James Doyle, printed by Edmund Evans, 19th century

Ivory panel showing the stoning of St Paul, 4th century
Ivory panel showing the stoning of St Paul, from a casket. Possibly from Rome, from the British Museums collection, 4th century

Frieze of Roman soldiers with Barbarian captives from a Roman sarcophagus

Frieze of Roman soldiers fighting Germanic tribesmen, 1st century
Frieze of Roman soldiers fighting Germanic tribesmen on a Roman sarcophagus, from the National Museums collection in Rome, 1st century

Roman relief of gladiators, c. 3rd century
Roman relief of gladiators, from the Via Appia in Rome. It shows a Secutor on the left, and a Retiarus on the right. from in the National Museums collection in Rome, c.3rd century

Detail of an Etruscan sarcophagus from Chiusi showing the death of Eteocles and Polynices, the incest-born sons of Oedipus and Jocasta

Perseus fights with the centaur, from the Kunsthistorichesmuseums collection in Vienna

Destruction on a Moscow street after the Revolution, Russia, December 1905. The Russian Revolution of 1905 broke out after troops fired on protesters trying to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II

Islamic ivory panel of a hunting scene from Egypt

Detail of an Egyptian stele showing an overseer, slaves and scribe
Detail of a stele showing an overseer, slaves and scribe at the Musee Guico, Bologna, Italy

Detail from an ivory diptych of men fighting lions, 6th century
Detail from an ivory diptych of men fighting lions at the games. From Constantinople, and currently at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, 6th century

Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Artist: Charles Green
Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Joe Gargery, the gentle giant, is provoked into violence in his smithy

Troops attempting to clear streets during anti-Jewish riots, Algiers, Algeria, 1898. From Le Petit Journal The body of a victim of the violence lies on the floor in the foreground

Gladiators in the Roman arena. Spectators are giving the thumbs down, signalling the victor not to spare his defeated adversary. Print after Jean-Leon Gerome

St Bartholomews Day Massacre, Paris, 24 August 1572
St Bartholomews Day Massacre, Paris, August 1572. The massacre occurred after a failed attempt by the powerful Catholic Guise family to murder the Huguenot (Protestant)

Battle of Montcontour, French Religious Wars, 3 October 1569 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Battle of Montcontour, French Religious Wars, 3 October 1569 (1570). The Huguenots under Gaspard Coligny (1519-1572) took heavy losses during their defeat by the Catholics under Henry

Battle of St Denis, French Religious Wars, 10 November 1567 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Battle of St Denis, French Religious Wars, 10 November 1567 (1570). The battle was fought between the Huguenots under Louis

Fourth charge at the Battle of Dreux, French Religious Wars, 19 December 1562 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Fourth charge at the Battle of Dreux, French Religious Wars, 19 December 1562 (1570). The outcome of the battle was indecisive, although notable for the fact that the commanders of both sides

Murder of Francois de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, French Religious Wars, 18 February 1563 (1570). Francois de Lorraine, 2nd Duc de Guise (1519-1563), one of the leaders of the Catholic faction

Second charge at the Battle of Dreux, French Religious Wars, 19 December 1562 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Second charge at the Battle of Dreux, French Religious Wars, 19 December 1562 (1570). The outcome of the battle was indecisive, although notable for the fact that the commanders of both sides

Massacre at Vassy, French Religious Wars, 1 March 1562 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Massacre at Vassy, French Religious Wars, 1 March 1562 (1570). Francois de Lorraine, 2nd Duc de Guise (1519-1563), directs massacre of Huguenots during a service, watched by Charles de Lorraine

Unrest and violence in Russia, 1906. Cover from the French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre showing the face of a fanatic aiming a revolver

Blessed Russia!, 1905. Cover from French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre, showing a decapitated head, probably representing Tsar Nicholas II

Spanish conquistadors torturing American indians, 1539-1542. Ferdinand de Soto (c1496-1542), Spanish explorer and conquistador

Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors, c16th century. Artist: Hieronyouse Koler
Venezuelans attacking Spanish conquistadors, c16th century. Europeans in a tent eating and drinking (bottom right) and sitting in a privy or wash house (top left) are taken by surprise by natives

Hand-to-hand fighting with swords in defence of a castle, 14th century. Detail from a Manuscript in the British Museum

British prison life, 1907. Treadmill for hard labour, and punishment with the cat-o-nine-tails. France was suffering from gangs of thugs called the Apaches at this time

Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. After his arrest, during the week of his Passion leading up to the crucifixion, Jesus was humiliated, tried and tortured

February - Cutting Weather, 1839. Artist: George Cruikshank
February - Cutting Weather, 1839. A typical day at Dr Swishtails Academy. Boys at their desks look on as the schoolmaster punishes a boy by flogging him with the birch

Rebecca Riots in Wales, 1843. Men and boys, many dressed as women, attacking a turnpike gate in protest at charges at tollgates on public roads. Another of their main targets was union workhouses

Brawl between English and German sailors at Millwall Docks, London, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Brawl between English and German sailors at Millwall Docks, London, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd January 1892

Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Attack in the office of the Prefecture of the Seine, Paris, 1892. On 13 January 1892 a mentally ill man stabbed several members of staff at the offices of the Seine Prefecture after demanding a sum

Explosion at the police station on the Rue des Bons-Enfants, Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Explosion at the police station on the Rue des Bons-Enfants, Paris, 1892. On 8 November 1892, an anarchist named Emile Henry deposited a bomb at the offices of the Carmaux Mining Company in Paris

The murder of Thomas a Becket, 1170 (1864)
The murder of Thomas a Becket, 1170 (1825). Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162, Becket clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence of the Church from

A brawl between German soldiers and Bavarian officers, Germany, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
A brawl between German soldiers and Bavarian officers, Germany, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1898

Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812. Found in the collection of the Tate, London

Bry-sur-Marne, late 19th / early 20th century. Artist: Charles Eugene Bunuel
Bry-sur-Marne, late 19th/early 20th century. A raid on a blockaded house during the Paris Commune, 1870. From the Museum of Fine Art, Le Havre, France

Execution of Jean Desmartes, 1383 (19th / early 20th century). Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens
Execution of Jean Desmartes, 1383 (19th/early 20th century). Jean Desmartes and eleven notables are decapitated after the revolt of the maillotins in Paris. From the Hotel de Ville, Paris, France

The Butcher, Montmartre Market, 1857-1858. Artist: Honore Daumier
The Butcher, Montmartre Market, 1857-1858. From a private collection

The assassination of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, Marseilles, France, 9 October 1934. Alexander I (1888-1934) ruled as King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1921-1929

Irish nationalists at Mullinahone acclaiming William Smith O Brien as their leader, July 1848
Muster of Irish nationalists at Mullinahone acclaiming William Smith O Brien (1803-1864) as their leader, July 1848. The Insurrection failed

Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussauds, London, 1909
Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussaud s, London, 1909. American explorer Robert E Peary claimed he had reached the North Pole in 1909 at his third attempt

Frieze of Greek warriors in battle, 5th century BC
Frieze of Greek warriors in battle - note the Phalanx in the top section. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, 5th century BC
Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, showing Heracles fighting Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Greek relief of Hoplites in battle From the British Museums collection

Fresco of the massacre of the innocents, 15th century
Fresco of the massacre of the innocents in the church of St Agostino, 15th century

Etruscan sarcophagus showing a battle scene, with a fury coming to take the soul of a dying man, from the British Museums collection

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