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Christ before Annas. From: The small Passion.

Christ before Annas. From: The small Passion.

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Albrecht Dürer - Crucifixion. From: The engraved Passion.

Albrecht Dürer - Crucifixion. From: The engraved Passion.

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The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

The able doctor, or American swallowing the bitter draught

The fair Indian damsel America held down by Lord Mansfield while Lord North forces tea down her throat. Boston is cannonaded in the background. Published the day after the Boston Port Bill closed Boston's port ... More

Execution uber sodomitigsc der Statt Brug

Execution uber sodomitigsc der Statt Brug

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Christ crucified between the two thieves: an oval plate.

Christ crucified between the two thieves: an oval plate.

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Simone Cantarini - St. Sebastian.

Simone Cantarini - St. Sebastian.

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The descent from the cross: a sketch.

The descent from the cross: a sketch.

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The descent from the cross by torchlight.

The descent from the cross by torchlight.

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Robert van Audenaerde - Descent from the cross.

Robert van Audenaerde - Descent from the cross.

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For a standish for pen inks & paper wch; allso may sarve for a comb box[sic] [...]

For a standish for pen inks & paper wch; allso may sarve for a comb bo...

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For drawers for cabbinets to be placed according to yor fancy. [sic]

For drawers for cabbinets to be placed according to yor fancy. [sic]

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William Hogarth - The first stage of cruelty

William Hogarth - The first stage of cruelty

A London scene with young boys inflicting various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the center, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an ar... More

Virtual representation, 1775 - A drawing of a group of men in historical clothing

Virtual representation, 1775 - A drawing of a group of men in historic...

Bute aims a blunderbuss at an American gentleman with a club while Britannia falls into "the Pit Prepared for Others." In the background, Roman Catholic Quebec sits serenely on the hill while "the English Prote... More

Philip Dawe - The alternative of Williams-burg

Philip Dawe - The alternative of Williams-burg

Print shows a "Virginian loyalist" being forced to sign a document, possibly issued by the Williamsburg Convention, by a club-wielding mob of "liberty men." On the left, a man is being led towards a gallows sta... More

A fact with a short commentary - Public domain dedication image

A fact with a short commentary - Public domain dedication image

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Curiosity punished, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Curiosity punished, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Barbarous mode of punishing a slave with the paddle
Scene in the slave pen at Washington.
Le puits et le pendule (2nd plate)

Le puits et le pendule (2nd plate)

Same composition as "Le puits et le pendule (1st plate)," catalogue raisonné number 153, in larger dimensions. The sufferer from Inquisition sees the moment arrive when the pendulum will cut into his flesh; rat... More

A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 January 1854

A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 J...

Asks value of Negro women in Charleston; describes one he wishes to sell as punishment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Le puits et le pendule (1st plate)

Le puits et le pendule (1st plate)

The sufferer from Inquisition sees the moment arrive when the pendulum will cut into his flesh; rats climb over him in troops. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave who escaped from his master in Mississippi and made his way to a Union Army encampment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.

The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave w...

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Triomphe de la Mort: La Mort balaie les Vices. (Triumph of Death; Death sweeps away sinners)

Triomphe de la Mort: La Mort balaie les Vices. (Triumph of Death; Deat...

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A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound prisoners forward.]

A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound pri...

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The barricade - Drawing. Public domain image.

The barricade - Drawing. Public domain image.

Belgian civilians in at least one instance were stripped and marched in front of the troops as a shield. -GB (Mason) Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The cigarette - Drawing. Public domain image.

The cigarette - Drawing. Public domain image.

War series. (Bellows) / Mutilated woman stripped naked and impaled to a door. A lieutenant smokes on the doorstep. They Bryce Report has much testimony about events of this character. -GB Women were attacked an... More

The last victim - Drawing. Public domain image.

The last victim - Drawing. Public domain image.

War series. (Bellows) / German soldiers enter a peasant home during the wild first passage through Belgium. They kill mother, father, brother and have a further inspiration about the girl. Incidents of this cha... More

The last victim - Drawing. Public domain image.

The last victim - Drawing. Public domain image.

German soldiers enter a peasant home during the wild first passage through Belgium. They kill mother, father, brother and have a further inspiration about the girl. Incidents of this character were wholesale ac... More

The bacchanale - Drawing. Public domain image.

The bacchanale - Drawing. Public domain image.

War series. (Bellows) / The German soldiers marching through Belgium were encouraged to commit outrages. The impaling of children on bayonets was common according to many eyewitnesses. -GB (Mason) Courtesy of B... More

The barricade, second stone - Public domain illustration drawing

The barricade, second stone - Public domain illustration drawing

Belgian civilians in at least one instance were stripped and marched in front of the troops as a shield. -GB The two versions of "The Barricade" are exact reversals of the same image. The following explanation ... More

The barricade, first stone - Public domain illustration drawing

The barricade, first stone - Public domain illustration drawing

Belgian civilians in at least one instance were stripped and marched in front of the troops as a shield. -GB The two versions of "The Barricade" are exact reversals of the same image. The following explanation ... More

The Germans arrive - Public domain scan / drawing

The Germans arrive - Public domain scan / drawing

One of a series of drawings made at the time of the late war. George Bellows was emotionally affected by the events of his own time. The reported brutalities of the war created in him an intense state of mind w... More

Gott strafe (God punishes) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gott strafe (God punishes) - Drawing. Public domain image.

War series. (Bellows) / Three British Tommies nailed to doors. -GB This lithograph was one of the group that illustrated "The Hun," in the November 1918 issue of "Vanity Fair." (Mason) Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The case of Sergeant Delaney - Drawing. Public domain image.

The case of Sergeant Delaney - Drawing. Public domain image.

After an illustration which appeared in the Century Magazine. (Bellows) / Of all the Bellows lithographs, "The Case of Sergeant Delaney" is the most problematic. Because of the military subject matter, Emma Bel... More

The Christ of the wheel - Public domain monumental decor drawing

The Christ of the wheel - Public domain monumental decor drawing

"Men Like Gods" series. (Bellows) / The second installment of "Men like Gods" appeared in "Hearst's International Magazine," December 1922, illustrated with a drawing almost identical to this lithograph. (Mason... More

The olive rejectd, or the Yankees revenge

The olive rejectd, or the Yankees revenge

Lord North, mounted on an ass and with the "Conciliatary Bill" in his pocket, tries to leap the Atlantic Ocean, but is driven back by Americans brandishing brooms, spoons, and bellows. Most of the legend is in ... More

Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de divers hypogées.

Heptanomide. Beny Hasan [Beni Hasan]. Bas-relief et peintures de diver...

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They might see him hanging at the yard-arm.

They might see him hanging at the yard-arm.

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Francisco Goya - Lo merecia. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Francisco Goya - Lo merecia. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
Curiosity punished, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Curiosity punished, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 January 1854

A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 J...

Asks value of Negro women in Charleston; describes one he wishes to sell as punishment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 January 1854

A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 J...

Asks value of Negro women in Charleston; describes one he wishes to sell as punishment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 January 1854

A.G. Porter, Woodville, autograph letter signed to Ziba B. Oakes, 17 J...

Asks value of Negro women in Charleston; describes one he wishes to sell as punishment. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
The third conversion of England

The third conversion of England

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The execution of Edmund Campion, Alexander Briant and Ralph Sherwin

The execution of Edmund Campion, Alexander Briant and Ralph Sherwin

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Barbarity committed on a free African, who was found on the ensuing morning, by the side of the road, dead!

Barbarity committed on a free African, who was found on the ensuing mo...

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The brutal whipping of Matt. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The brutal whipping of Matt. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Hvorledes man straffede Slaver, som søgte at løbe bort.

Hvorledes man straffede Slaver, som søgte at løbe bort.

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Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

Torturing American citizens. - Public domain dedication image

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Down came the brutal lash - Drawing. Public domain image.

Down came the brutal lash - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Twentieth-century civilization; ["Causes and Cures of Crime", Mosby.]

Twentieth-century civilization; ["Causes and Cures of Crime", Mosby.]

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Boutique de Cordonnier. - Engraving, Public domain image

Boutique de Cordonnier. - Engraving, Public domain image

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Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

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Das Martern und Hinrichten der Kriegsgefangenen

Das Martern und Hinrichten der Kriegsgefangenen

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The Bastinado. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Bastinado. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Garroting of the Cuban patriot General Goicouria, at Havana, May 7, 1870.

Garroting of the Cuban patriot General Goicouria, at Havana, May 7, 18...

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The strangling, by Pizarro, of the Inca Atahualpa.

The strangling, by Pizarro, of the Inca Atahualpa.

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The Electrocuting Chair. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Electrocuting Chair. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The Resurrectionist Receives One Hundred Lashes At The Hands Of His Deliverers And Judges.

The Resurrectionist Receives One Hundred Lashes At The Hands Of His De...

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Héliodore flagellé - Wonders of the Ancient World
Rapunzel. - A drawing of a man laying on the ground next to a woman
Saigon.  Théâtre Annamite (scène de la Cadouille).

Saigon. Théâtre Annamite (scène de la Cadouille).

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Adonibezek justly requited - Wonders of the Ancient World

Adonibezek justly requited - Wonders of the Ancient World

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[Die Geschichte vom Daumenlutscher]
Bentheus à Bacchis discerpitur

Bentheus à Bacchis discerpitur

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Superbus Marsyas a phoebo excoriatur

Superbus Marsyas a phoebo excoriatur

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Apollo with a knife is about to flay Marsyas, who is tied to a tree

Apollo with a knife is about to flay Marsyas, who is tied to a tree

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Prometheus. - Wonders of the Ancient World

Prometheus. - Wonders of the Ancient World

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White man whipping a black woman tied to a pole
Verbrecher, den wilden Thieren überliefert

Verbrecher, den wilden Thieren überliefert

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Francisco Goya - Por que? - Public domain  drawing

Francisco Goya - Por que? - Public domain drawing

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Francisco Goya - Que hai que hacer mas?

Francisco Goya - Que hai que hacer mas?

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Every soul on board was blind.

Every soul on board was blind.

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They were seen to throw slaves overboard shackled together.

They were seen to throw slaves overboard shackled together.

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Slave being whipped with paddle, Female slave on her knees pleading
Female slave tied to a tree and being whipped by overseer, Female slave being beaten by her mistress
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
Slaves being whipped with paddle and whip
Breaking the joints and mutilating Negro slaves condemned to death by torture.

Breaking the joints and mutilating Negro slaves condemned to death by ...

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One of the atrocious methods of killing slaves pictured by Stedman; Hanging them up by a hook to die of thirst and famine.

One of the atrocious methods of killing slaves pictured by Stedman; Ha...

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On rencontre ces caravanes marchant sur de longues files.

On rencontre ces caravanes marchant sur de longues files.

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Whites stoning Negro to death

Whites stoning Negro to death

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After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody
After what he done to me: a coon rhapsody