Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons /...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
A New method of Macarony making as practised at Boston / copied on sto...
Print shows two American revolutionaries tarring and feathering the tax collector. In the background, a gallows.
Eene aangezigtspyn-phantasie van Alexander V.H. / Steendr. v.: P. Blom...
Print shows scene of fantastical creatures inflicting pain upon the head of a man.
Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from Louisiana--Also exhibiting instrume...
Photograph by Kimball, N.Y.C. Copyright by George H. Hanks. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, South Carolina, and escaped slave named Gordon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjgvMm5kLXNvdXRoLWNhcm9saW5hLWluZmFudHJ5LXJlZ2ltZW50LXJhaWQtb24tcmljZS1wbGFudGF0aW9uLWNvbWJhaGVlLXNvdXRoLWIyMDlkMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, South Carolina, and escaped slave named Gordon]")
[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahe...
Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being... More
The riots at New York - The rioters burning and sacking the colored or...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 344 (1863 August 1), p. 493.
Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the riot
2 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 May 26, p. 321. Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern justice and the president's veto of the military government b...
Prints show a statue of a snake-haired man wearing a toga with a CSA belt holding a scale tipping in favor of the south; the unjust results of trials involving southerners and northerners; and depictions of atr... More
Sentenza di morte. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci and her mother in prison being informed that they have been sentenced to death.
![[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in a canque, a woman washing her feet and a toy seller]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLWEtY2hpbmVzZS1iZWdnYXItYS1tYW4tYmVpbmctcHVuaXNoZWQtd2l0aC1oaXMtaGVhZC1pbi1hLWNhbnF1ZS02OTUwNmItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/46/webp "[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in a canque, a woman washing her feet and a toy seller]")
[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in ...
Captions on front of item: "Beggars" (upper left); "Punishment of the canque" (upper right); "Ablutions" (lower left); and "Toy seller" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Beggars" (upper left); [no capt... More
La tortura - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci's being tortured in prison in the presence of her mother, religious authorities and police. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner: 6. (DLC/PP-43735)
Murder of a Negro at Mrs. Carter's house
White men beating an African American man, Patenburg, New Jersey. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 16, no. 824 (1872 Oct. 12), p. 796. One of three images under title: The Patenburg Massacre: from sketches by The... More
The Murder of Powell / C.S.R . wood engraving, Library of Congress
Illustration shows a group of Irish immigrant workers with clubs standing over the body of African American laborer Denis Powell during the race riots near Patenburg, Hunterdon County, N.J. Illus. in: Harper'... More
The Louisiana murders - gathering the dead and wounded The disputed pr...
Top illustration shows Negroes pulling a man on a luge(?), and two men lying in field. Bottom illustration shows jackal and eagle disputing the possession of a dead antelope. 2 illustrations in: Harper's weekly... More
The Union as it was The lost cause, worse than slavery / / Th. Nast.
Man "White League" shaking hands with Ku Klux Klan member over shield illustrated with African American couple with dead(?) baby. In background, man hanging from tree. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 18, no. 930... More
Is this a republican form of government? Is this protecting life, libe...
African American man kneeling by bodies of murdered African American people. In background sign reads, "the White Liners were here." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Sept. 2, p. 712.
Kiralfy Bros "Michael Strogoff"
N16299 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Larger version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 4a (C size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collectio... More
Sensible Roosevelt--A whipping-post for wife-beaters
Cover illustration showing man wearing mask whipping another man manacled to whipping post, as a woman with arm in sling looks on. Illus. in: Judge, v. 3 , no. 71 (1883 Mar. 3), p. 1.
"The prisoner" - from the water-color painting by H.F. Farny
Print shows a man stripped to the waist lying on the ground with arms spread, tied to stakes at the hands and feet; a Native, holding a rifle, is seated next to him, in the background is a Native encampment. I... More
King of Uganda and royal drummer with his ears cut off by order of for...
Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The execution of the Inca / A.B. Greene.
Spaniards burning Atahualpa, Inca river at stake with monk holding crucifix to right of Inca. Illus. in: The New World heroes of discovery and conquest / by D.M. Kelsey. Philadelphia, Pa. : National Publishing ... More
Execution of Silan Lewis, at Wilberton, I.T., Nov. 5th, 1894
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Florence military prison series--"Persuading Dang" / J.E. Taylor.
Prisoner, surrounded by men and dogs, being lifted by rope. 13480 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 46. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.
One of the modes of punishment in China - a Boxer prisoner, Peking, Ch...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mazeppa: pl. 1 - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, being bound to the back of a wild horse by several men, as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair, shown here as the elderly ma... More
Bock beer - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows "Bock" goats upending Chinese men, to the amusement of several men sitting at tables drinking beer. 8533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright and lith., 1879, by A.J. Maerz, Brooklyn, E.D. N.Y.
Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians, at Mankato, Minnesota, De...
Print shows the residents of Mankato, Minnesota, gathered to watch the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians, who stand on a scaffold with nooses around their necks, separated from the community by rows of s... More
As the heathen see us -- a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions soc...
Illustration shows a meeting in a Chinese mission where a collection is being taken up, "Contributions received here to save the foreign devils", with 5 vignettes showing how the United States is viewed by the ... More
As the heathen see us -- a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions soc...
Illustration shows a meeting in a Chinese mission where a collection is being taken up, "Contributions received here to save the foreign devils", with 5 vignettes showing how the United States is viewed by the ... More
The Lash - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Card showing bound African American slave being whipped. No. 5, no. 61. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
The Lash - Drawing. Public domain image.
Card showing bound African American slave being whipped. No. 5, no. 61. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.
![Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYmFpbmJyaWRnZS1pZS1iYW1icmlkZ2Utb24tdHJpYWwtZm9yLW11cmRlci1ieS1hLWNvbW1pdHRlZS1vZi10aGUtaG91c2Utb2YtZjA1NWYxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.")
Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
![Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYmFpbmJyaWRnZS1pZS1iYW1icmlkZ2Utb24tdHJpYWwtZm9yLW11cmRlci1ieS1hLWNvbW1pdHRlZS1vZi10aGUtaG91c2Utb2YtYzNmOTEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons / engraved by T. Cook from an original painting by William Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray.")
Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...
Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More
The Bastinado. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kiralfy Bros.' "Michael Strogoff"
N16296 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Smaller version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 4 (B size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Kiralfy Bros.' "Michael Strogoff"
N16296 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Smaller version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 4 (B size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah
48671 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Israel put the the torture. The rabbi's punishment for refusing to exert his medical skill in behalf of the Governor General's daughter. Created and "copyright 1899 by The ... More
Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah
48671 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Israel put the the torture. The rabbi's punishment for refusing to exert his medical skill in behalf of the Governor General's daughter. Created and "copyright 1899 by The ... More
Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Virginia / Negative by Brady & Co...
Stereograph shows the hanging body of William Johnson of 23rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, executed for the "attempt to outrage the person of a young lady at New-Kent Court-house" and desertion, near Petersbu... More
Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Va. / Negative by Brady & Co., Wa...
Stereograph shows the hanging body of William Johnson of 23rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, executed for the "attempt to outrage the person of a young lady at New-Kent Court-house" and desertion, near Petersbu... More
Bed-stocks for intoxication, &c / drawn on stone by R. Bridgens.
Print shows two African Trinidadians with their feet locked in stocks; one man has his hands bound behind him, the other man is sleeping; a mask is hanging on the wall in the upper left. Published in: Bridgens... More