Historical Illustrations of Violence

This cluster features historical illustrations depicting violence, including whipping, battles, and mythical encounters, presented in a monochromatic style.

William the Conqueror and his son Robert, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Flogging American women. Illustrations, Prints. 1834. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Slave trade , United States, Whipping

Pan, fishing, nets a mermaid

William the Conqueror and his son Robert, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Ms. Godin of Odonais. The natives called it a friendly voice, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), The body of Charles the Bold, found in a swamp, frozen in the ice, 1477, found in a swamp near Nancy, 1477., print, prent, historieprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 238 mm, width 150 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, prentmaker, 1789 - 1789, fourth quarter 18th century, vier kwart 18e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Alexander in battle with six-handed human-like creatures and pigs with terrible teeth, from the Brussels manuscript of Lamprecht's priests, Belgium, A...

Moses on Mt. Sinai with tables of law. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) painter c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 417 x W 520 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/8. Inscriptions: Unidentified weaver mark on right guard, top Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: DIXIT DOMINVS AD.. In landscape, Moses receives tables of law from God descending from sky, surrounded by angels (Exodus 24:9-18, 31:18); Israelites in camp (R, background) (L & R BRD) segmented border with figures in architectural niches, coats of arms at top; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription, flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit, & 2 miniature masks; (LWR BRD) figures in various activities Photographs in Photo Study Collection are details only; see Mahl's article for full view of composition. Mahl JbKhistWien 63 (1967), 7-38, fig.8 Brown (et al.), Tapestries of Ercole & Gonza

'The Miner', 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman

Death of Gaston de Fix at Ravenna, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Fulton blows up a boat with his infernal machine in the harbor of Brest

God Belly. Dated: 1921. Dimensions: image: 25.7 x 35.8 cm (10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.). Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ernst Barlach.

Omens of an ant invasion, Brazil, South America. Journey of the French painter Francois Auguste Biard in Brazil, 1858-1859

Painting Salon 1861, Sea Raiders, Guisseny Finistere, by Yan Dargent, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

The broken Dam, vintage engraving. The broken Dam, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679902

The Festive Tournament to Celebrate the Marriage of Carlos II to Maria-Louise d'Orleans. Pietro Maggio. Etching. 1680. 291 x 210mm.

Gustave Doré; Black and White Engraving from Dante Aghlieri's Devine Comedy; Dante and Virgil in the Happy Valley

Blowing up the Pic Nic's; or Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets Js. Gillray, invt. & fect.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

CHARLEMAGNE'S VISION, BY GUSTAVE DOR. a scene from the Legend of Croquemitaine, by Thomas Hood the Younger. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French, 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

Eine Fahrt mit dem Fluß durch die Stromschnellen des Guaviare in Kolumbien, Südamerika, 1880, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904129

Ernst Barlach, The Seventh Day, 1920 The Seventh Day

The Gemoniae, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Woodcut, Samson's Fight with the Lion, Book of Judges, 14, 6, Old Testament, Catholic Picture-Bible

Frontspiece by Walter Crane ( 1845-1915) to the book ""Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes"" by Robert Louis Stevenson, published London 1916.

In Norse mythology, Wotan was a sky god. Brunhild (also spelled Brunhilde, Brynhild, Brynhildr) was a shield maiden and a Valkyrie. She was also the daughter of Wotan. Robert Wagner, in his opera Der Ring des Nibelungen tells the tale, with some variations on the ancient saga. Brunhild disobeyed her father's orders to have her brother Siegmund die and Wotan punishes her by putting her to sleep (in this 1908 illustration by Konrad Dielitz Wotan is taking leave of Brunhild) and saying that she must remain so until a hero awakens her. The hero turns out to be Siegfried.

Memorial Strasbourg seat, girls school bombed day, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

"The rights of man; or Tommy Paine, the little American taylor, taking the measure of the crown, for a new pair of revolution-breeches. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

fishery draught woodcut by Hans Weiditz ""Trostspiegel"" by Francesco Petrarca Augsburg 1539,

An allegorical picture showing a casket of chocolate being handed to Neptune for him to spread around the world. Dated 19th century

THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS

The Three Fates - This painting, titled 'A Golden Thread,' shows the Three Greek Fates. It was painted by British artist Jonathan M. Strudwick and first exhibited in 1885. It is housed in the National (Tate) Gallery of British Art in London. According to Greek, and later Roman mythology, the three fates determined the life span, represented by a thread, of each individual. Clotho (left) - young woman spun the thread, Lachesis (right - midle-age woman) measured it, and Atopos (middle- old woman) cut it.

Dibujo de Eolo, dios de los vientos según la mitología griega. Grabado de 1905.

The Deluge Noah s Flood

Assassination of Chilperic I in the scales of forest, vintage engraved illustration.

Leopold III of Austria by Adrian Ludwig Richter, woodcut, 1840, 1803-1884, Private Collection

Demosthenes exercising to speak at the edge of the sea, draft table by Leon Cogniet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque (1882).

early 20h century cartoon showing a diver in a diving suit dragged down by mythical sea spirits and creatures. An allegory on marine exploration circa 1900

GRABADOS. AUTOR: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. SERIE: LOS DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA.

Cutting human skin, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Heraclitus Publisher: Hertel, Johann Georgaufner: Goetz, Gottfried Bernhardstecher: Setteen Ky, Balthasar Sigmundverlagsort: Augsburg

Historical illustration from the 19th century, 4 images from Ricciardetto by Niccolò Forteguerri, 1674-1735, an Italian cardinal

Dragon Slayer Siegfried and Mime, a blacksmith of the heroic saga with mythical features who brings a drinking horn, after an opera by Richard Wagner, 1876, Germany / Drachentöter Siegfried und Mime, ein Schmied der Heldensage mit mythischen Zügen der ein Trinkhorn bringt, nach einer Oper von Richard Wagner, 1876, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Melusine's fairy nature is discovered by her husband, Raymond de Lusignan, and she has to leave him for ever Date: circa 1500

A float of Sarine, vintage engraving. A float of Sarine, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679847

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Genoese explorer, discovering America. Woodcut, Florence, 1493. Ferdinand II of Aragon points to Columbus in 'Santa Maria' as she approaches land with the 'Pinta' and 'Nina'. Said to be earliest depiction of Columbus.

Teaching lesson 1799, a teacher shows children a painting representing the hellish pace, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Adam Bede, having got the better of Arthur Donnithorne in a fight, is horrified to see his rival lying unconcious. 'Adam Bede' by George Eliot, first published 1859. Illustration by William Small (1843-1929) from an edition published c1885.

Sad end of Gerardo Nevraumont, a member of a gang called la Profesa, who robbed a Mexico City jeweller. Seen here jumping into the sea, where the sharks are ready to eat him. Date: circa 1892

The Penitent, or Fireman. This was the miner who, swathed in damp sacking, undertook the task of igniting pockets of which, the inflammable gas Methane, called Fire-damp which, if allowed to build up, could cause disastrous explosions in coal mines. From 'Der Stein der Weisen' (Leipzig, c1895). Engraving.

The Minotaur, the monster kept by King Minos in his labyrinth on Crete and fed each year on the flesh of seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, is slain by Theseus.

The evils of tobacco: Anti-smoking Cartoon by George du Maurier from ''Punch''. London, 1869, showing the brains of smokers being stolen away by nicotine.

Pan and Syrinx. Artist: P Vanderbank

Historia sagrada. Suplicio de la prisión-cisterna. Grabado de 1862.

Engraving after William Hogarth; Finis or The Tail Piece

Mars and Venus in the bath, 1543. By Antonio Fantuzzi. Antonio Fantuzzi (active in the 1540s) was an Italian painter and printmaker active in the French Renaissance in a Mannerist style

Blondel in front of the prison of Richard I of England, born 1155, was one of the first northern French trouvères or troubadours, Historic, digital re...

Body of Athenian horsemen sent out by Pericles to harry the Peloponnesian invaders. PELOPONNESIAN WAR (Second, or Great) 431-404 BC between Athens and Sparta. . Illustration by W. Gordon Mein 1910

Bandits of the sea pushed abruptly, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Cristóbal Colón dando a conocer el descubrimiento de América a los Reyes Católicos. Grabado de 1869. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. FERDINAND II OF ARAGON. ISABELLA I OF CASTILE.

Gustave Dore illustration for John Milton epic poem dramatising the fall of Man in "Bible" Genesis. "Paradise Lost" (1667) Book VI. Falling through the breach in the wall of heaven, the rebel angels plunge down into hell. Wood engraving 1866

LOUIS SEBASTIEN MERCIER Caricature of French writer, who attacked all other writers, artists, architects and scientists, claiming they outmoded or worthless. Date: 1740 - 1814

Medallion embossed silver, Italian work, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount of Fallodon) British Foreign Secretary 1905-16. Here taking Peace to the London Conference to end the Second Balkan War which had broken out in the month following the signing in London in December 1912 of Treaty ending First Balkan War. Cartoon by L. Ravenhill for 'Punch', London, 21 May 1912

SE DEFIENDEN LOS CARLISTAS TENAZMENTE EN EL DESFILADERO DE LECIAGA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: MIRANDA-DIBUJANTE. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 memorial page review of the year 1871 lithograph by Honore Daumier private collection,

An engraving depicting a North American Indian obtaining fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together. In the print, a fire-drill is made by fixing a cord around the stick. A definite advance on the more primitive blister-making method. Dated 19th century

König Sigurds Brautfahrt, des Königs Hochzeitsfahrt, eine nordische Sage, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhund...

The old crone is transformed into Papagena, to Papageno's delight Date: first performed 1791

The Griffin is Made Welcome, illustration by H.J. Ford, from The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library, 1897

Double canoe with oarsmen, Hawaii, 18th century. Artist: John Webber

Netherlands, Hondius, Hendrick, Bloemaert, Abraham, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Pastorales and animals, Chickens and turkeys, print, prints, height 113 mm, width 144 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1611 - 1650, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1580 - 1633-03-25, after a print by, Northern Netherlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Miraculous draft of fishes (before Resurrection) on Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee). Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (cartoon creator) painter Lefebvre, Pierre (French, b.1579-d.1669) (workshop) weaver c. 1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Cardinal (Jules) Mazarin (d. 1661) coll. (9 pieces). Marquis de Mancini coll. (9 pieces ). Crown of Italy, Palazzo reale (Milan) (7 pieces). Additional panel in set documented in archives in Monaco. Italy, Marches, Pesaro e Urbino, Urbino, Palazzo Ducale. Christ on boat with SS. Simon & Peter; in other boat, SS. James & John helping to bring in nets (Luke 5: 1-11) (UPR BRD) coat of arms flanked by putti heads & festoons tethered to corbels (L, R & LWR BRD not visible in photo) There are 7 panels at the Palazzo ducale, Urbino. This set may have been woven to complete the partial Mobilier set which Mazarin acquired from the sale of Charles I's goods (Campbell). The 16th century Brussels

Illustration by Harry Furniss titled 'Application of Science, its progress in the past, its 19th Century benefits and 20th Century prospects'. Harry Furniss (1854-1925) an artist and illustrator. Dated 19th Century

Thomas Handforth, Rodeo, c. 1930, etching on paper.

Reliving a traumatic experience during a nightmare. George du Maurier cartoon from Punch, London, 1868.

Amsterdam, Fokke Simonsz., Arend, Fokke, Simon, Illustrations of Dutch history, The sinking of the ship De Wilhelmina in Greenland. 10 Octob. 1777, The sinking of the ship De Wilhelmina in Greenland, 1777, verso - stamped, Illustration from Dutch history. Figures in an icy landscape near a tent. In in the distance, behind a large ice floe, lies the wrecked boat. Illustration numbered at the top: XVI., print, book illustration, prints, height 109 mm, width 120 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1784, paper, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1755-07-03 - 1812-11-15, publisher

Natives watching the first steamboat on the Amazon, 1860, Brazil, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown, South America

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Heinrich Jenny

BRITAIN AND FRANCE SYMBOLISED

Gustave Doré; The Rebel Angels summoned to the Conclave from Milton's Paradise Lost; Black and White Engraving;

ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. DON QUIJOTE.

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Match at Hiidenkivällä, 1906, marker and black chalk, drawing, 31.5 cm x 23, 5 cm, Photo no. 50014.685, undated, photo type: black and white negative on plastic, V, W (2), Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Rolling Tiger (Tigre se roulant) Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875). Rolling Tiger (Tigre se roulant), ca. 1840. Watercolor and opaque watercolor on wove paper, sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23.7 × 28.7 cm). The sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoine-Louis Barye specialized in naturalistic depictions of fierce beasts, which appealed to the Romantic tastes of mid-nineteenth-century French audiences. This watercolor is based on his visits to the menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and may be an elaborated version of a study made on the spot. The particular texture of this work indicates that it might be a transfer watercolor,” a kind of print process created by pressing a still-wet watercolor against a blank sheet of damp paper to make another impression. European Art ca. 1840

Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Doré

The Jabberwocky Alice Through the Looking Glass Illustration by Sir John Tenniel 1820 to 1914

Old Father Time with his scythe, carrying in the New Year., 1870, Wood engraving

A Herculean task. It keeps hanging for a few seconds, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

A Fetish of Unknown Purpose in Lunda, Illustration from the book, "Volkerkunde" by Dr. Friedrich Ratzel, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1885

The last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Gustave Doré; Detail of Satan Smitten by Archangel Michael from John Milton's Paradise Lost; Black and White Engraving

Scenes from the California gold rush, 1849 (1937).Artist: Cooke & Le Count

(James) Keir Hardie (1856-1915) Scottish Labour politician: a founder of the Labour Party: MP for West Ham (1892-1895) and Merthyr Tydfil (1900-1915): Pacifist. Hardie confronted by the chimera of Socialism. Dated April 1905.

Bas-relief, Ardeshirs I palace, Iranian city of Firuzabad. Fars Province, Persia, Iran. Persia, Chaldea and Susiana by Jane Dieulafoy 1881-1882. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Land of the Moon, Plate 2 Filippo Morghen (Italian, 1730-1807). Land of the Moon, Plate 2, 1764. Etching on laid paper, 10 13/16 x 14 3/4 in. (27.5 x 37.5 cm). European Art 1764

A Herculean task. It keeps hanging for a few seconds, vintage engraving. A Herculean task. It keeps hanging for a few seconds, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659766

Engraving depicting a thick Winter fog in London as a result of air pollution. Dated 19th century

The last sacrifice of the women of the Otomie. Date: First published: 1893

Holzschnitt aus Luthers Septemberbibel Bau des Tempels aus dem Buch Der Freimaurer von Eugen Lennhoff, erschienen 1932 / Woodcut from Luthers September Bible Building the Temple from the book The Freemason by Eugen Lennhoff published 1932, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

David Returns to Achish James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

The Flood Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805-1874 German) Engraving

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