Violence Collection (page 7)

Felton assassinating the Duke of Buckingham, 1773. Creator: Charles Grignion
Felton assassinating the Duke of Buckingham, 1773. John Felton (c1595-1628) lieutenant in the English Army, stabbed George Villiers

Queen Elizabeth striking the Earl of Essex, 1773. During a dispute with his cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, (1567-1601), English soldier and courtier

Battle of Cunaxa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Battle of Cunaxa, 1890. The Battle of Cunaxa, 401 BC between Cyrus the Younger and his brother Arsaces, (Artaxerxes II). Cyrus charged his brothers bodyguard and was killed by a javelin

The Thebans and Macedonians at Chaeronea, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Thebans and Macedonians at Chaeronea, 1890. The Battle of Chaeronea, 338 BC, fought between Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of city-states led by Athens and Thebes

The Spartans at Plataea, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Spartans at Plataea, 1890. The Battle of Plataea 479 BC, was the final land battle of the second Persian invasion of Greece

The Abduction of Women, 20th century. Artist: Ludwig von Hofmann
The Abduction of Women, 20th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Memorial of the Fort Dearborn Massacre, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Memorial of the Fort Dearborn Massacre, c1897. An 1893 bronze sculpture by Carl Rohl-Smith in Chicago, Illinois of the battle between between United States troops and Potawatomi Native Americans

I - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
I - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

Man attacking a woman, 1855. Creator: Unknown
Man attacking a woman, 1855

Crusaders Entering Constantinople, 1840, (1935). Creator: WF Mansell
Crusaders Entering Constantinople, 1840, (1935). An episode of the Fourth Crusade, in which the Crusaders abandoned their plan to invade Muslim Egypt and Jerusalem

Richard III. and the Earl of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth, 1485, (mid 19th century). The Battle of Bosworth Field, fought on 22 August 1485

Finding The Colours of the 24th Regiment After The Battle of Chilianwallah, January 1849. The Battle of Chillianwala, in the Chillianwala region of Punjab, India, (now Mandi Bahauddin, Pakistan)

Mrs. Brownrigg, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Brownrigg, (c1872). Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) was convicted of murder and hanged at Tyburn (in London) in 1767

A Man stabbing a Boy, mid 18th century, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Man stabbing a Boy, mid 18th century, (1928). Pen with wash on white paper. At one time known to have been in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Jealous Monster, 1778. Artist: John Hamilton Mortimer
Jealous Monster, 1778. One of a series of six, showing monsters seducing or struggling with beautiful sea nymphs

Aftermath of a duel, Hyde Park, Westminster, London, 1712 (1768). Charles, Lord Mohun, killed in a duel in Hyde Park by James, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

Miseries of London, 1807. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Miseries of London, 1807. A crowd assembled to watch two women fighting in the street. In the foreground a barrow of fruit has been knocked over, and a dog steals a chicken from the pavement

A pugilistick club... 1789. Artist: John Barlow
A pugilistick club... 1789. A scene in a club room. The chairman and members, many with black eyes, are in fighting attitudes

A Night Scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752. View of Mountefort Brown pulling off Dr John Hills wig in the entrance to the Rotunda, Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea

Covent Garden with election hustings in the background, featuring Charles James Fox, (c1790?)
Covent Garden with election hustings in the background, featuring Charles James Fox, London, (c1790?). In the foreground a riot has broken out

Battle Piece, c1807-c1868. Artist: Abraham Cooper
Battle Piece, c1807-c1868

Stick seller, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Stick seller, 1760. A ragged stick seller and two background views; to the left a woman is holding a stick over her kneeling husband and twisting his nose

Extraordinary and Fatal Combat... between a lion and a tiger and tigress... Tower of London, 1830
Extraordinary and Fatal combat, which accidentally took place in the Tower of London [menagerie] on the 3rd of December, 1830 between a Lion and a Tiger and Tigress

Sons of Friendship-Scene Chandois Street, London, 1870. Depicts members of a club (possibly The Brilliants ) fighting around a table on which are overturned glasses, a broken punch-bowl

Field Lane Ragged School, London, c1850. Interior view of the Field Lane Ragged School, with adults attempting to teach a group of disorderly children

The Cato Street conspirators... 1820. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Cato Street conspirators... 1820. Three Bow Street officers have entered the loft above the stable; the foremost, Richard Smithers

Fracas Royal Extraordinaire, 1820. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Fracas Royal Extraordinaire, 1820. The Duke of York punching King George IV in the face, watched by Queen Caroline, Alderman Matthew Wood and others. With satirical verses beneath

Queen Caroline and Mrs Wood, 1820. Brandenburgh House theatricals, a Wood scene in a new farce now performing with the greatest eclat at the Hammersmith theatre

The Battle of Cornhill, 1769. Interior of room in the Kings Arms Inn, Cornhill, during a meeting to sign an address to King George III; Mr Reynolds has knocked down Mr Dingley

The Battle of Temple Bar, 1769. A procession from the City to St Jamess Palace with an address by the City merchants to King George III in support of his government, has arrived at Temple Bar

The addressers, 1769. Interior of a room in the Kings Arms Inn, Cornhill, and the disturbance which occurred on March 8, 1769 during a meeting of London merchants to sign an address to King George

Clements Hill and Southwark Grenadiers, London, 1749. The Clements Inn and Southwark Grenadiers returning from their attack on Cripplegate and Bunhill Fields to the Hog-in-Armour, Saffron Hill

The sailors revenge, or the Strand in an uproar... 1749. Artist: LP Boitard
The sailors revenge, or the Strand in an uproar... 1749. A crowd of seamen makes a bonfire of the fittings of brothels, presumably in the Strand

He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden, 1735. Artist
He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden, 1735. Scene in Covent Garden, London, showing a fight in progress between the watchmen, rakes and other drunken characters

He and his drunken companions raise a riot in Covent Garden, 1735. Scene in Covent Garden, London, showing a fight in progress between the watchmen, rakes and other drunken characters

The Bruiser Bruis d, 1750; showing James Broughton and another fighter at Marylebone Fields, which were notorious for violence at this time. The lower margin contains verse

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

The idle prentice betray d by his whore... plate IX of Industry and Idleness, 1747
The idle prentice betray d by his whore and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice, plate IX of Industry and Idleness

Fearful quarrels and brutal violence, are the natural consquences of the frequent use of the bottle
Plate VI, Fearful quarrels and brutal violence, are the natural consquences of the frequent use of the bottle. Plate IV of The Drunkards Chlldren) pub. 1848 (b/w engraving)

Fafner kills Fasolt, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Fafner kills Fasolt, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Showing Alberichs curse. The giants Fafner and Fasolt begin to fight over the ring of the Nibelungen

Thorbion lifted the huge stone, 1910. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
Thorbion lifted the huge stone, 1910. A scene from the legend of Howard the Halt. A print from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt, 1910

Byama threw a spear with all his strength, 1923. Artist: Raymond Wenban
Byama threw a spear with all his strength, 1923. The Legend of the Sacred Bullroarer; Thoorkook fighting Byama. Thoorkook is an evil character who killed Byamas sons

The branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. Artist
The branded back of Reverend Orrin Van Loon, Detroit, Michigan, USA, July 1924. Reverend Orrin Van Loon, pastor of Berkley Community Church

Two white men stoning an African American to death, 1919, USA. Between 1910 and 1930, 4.1 million African Americans moved from the Southern states to the cities of the North

African Americans and whites leaving the beach as trouble begins, Chicago, Illinois, USA, c1919. Racial tensions increased in Chicago after the end of the First World War as African Americans

Bolsheviks hung by villagers, Russian Civil War, 1920s

Yakov Yurovsky, chief executioner of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, early 20th century. A watchmaker from Perm, Yurovsky (1878-1938)

An onlooker observes a dead man left in the streets, Russia, early 20th century. Artist
An onlooker observes a dead man left in the streets, Russia, early 20th century. The streets became dangerous places during the Russian Revolution

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