Cruelty Collection (#7)

Suerte XI: The death of the bull, ca. 1850-80. ca. 1850-80. Creator: Anon
Suerte XI: The death of the bull, ca. 1850-80

Suerte X: A torero prepares to stab the bull, ca. 1850-80. ca. 1850-80. Creator: Anon
Suerte X: A torero prepares to stab the bull, ca. 1850-80

Suerte VI: The toreros assistant sets dogs on the bull, ca. 1850-80. ca. 1850-80. Creator: Anon
Suerte VI: The toreros assistant sets dogs on the bull, ca. 1850-80

Suerte II: Picador on horseback about to stab a bull with a pique; two toreros behi... ca. 1850-80. Creator: Anon
Suerte II: Picador on horseback about to stab a bull with a pique; two toreros behind him to left (two impressions on the same sheet), ca. 1850-80

Suerte I: Bull entering the bullring after a law officer on horseback; two toreros... ca. 1850-80. Creator: Anon
Suerte I: Bull entering the bullring after a law officer on horseback; two toreros standing to right, ca. 1850-80

We were three girls. Three girls playing with a shepherd and making him uncomfortable
XEE4137653 We were three girls. Three girls playing with a shepherd and making him uncomfortable. Engraving in " Chants et chansons populaire de la France", Tome 2, 1848

Terror in Russia: the martyr of Finnish Colonel Elvengren. Condemned to death
XEE4183715 Terror in Russia: the martyr of Finnish Colonel Elvengren. Condemned to death, hes locked in a dungeon and chained to a mans corpse. Engraving

Bluebeard (Bluebeard), Conte by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). Illustration of Vaccari
XEE4181511 Bluebeard (Bluebeard), Conte by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in " Les beaux tales" collection " Nos loisirs" around 1910

A girl tied up and brulee in a village of Corsica - "The Petity Journal", May 1, 1910
XEE4150420 A girl tied up and brulee in a village of Corsica - " The Petity Journal", May 1, 1910 by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info)

Saint Louis condemns Enguerrand IV de Coucy (1220-1310) - Saint Louis punishing Enguerrand IV of Coucy
XEE4162682 Saint Louis condemns Enguerrand IV de Coucy (1220-1310) - Saint Louis punishing Enguerrand IV of Coucy, 1256 (1882-1884) - After a painting by Olivier Merson by Merson

Spanish bullfight (engraving)
7172580 Spanish bullfight (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spanish bullfight)

L ange de la mort tuant les premiers nes egyptiens (The Angel of death killing first born Egyptians)
FIA5371519 L ange de la mort tuant les premiers nes egyptiens (The Angel of death killing first born Egyptians). Une des dix plaies

Romance impitoyable. (Ruthless Romance). Peinture de Ilarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov (1840-1894), huile sur toile
FIA5369609 Romance impitoyable. (Ruthless Romance). Peinture de Ilarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov (1840-1894), huile sur toile, 1881. Art russe 19e siecle, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscou

Cruelty of the Irish rebels at Wexford, 1798 (engraving)
3103686 Cruelty of the Irish rebels at Wexford, 1798 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cruelty of the Irish rebels at Wexford, 1798)

At the Turnspit, Quakers Alley (colour litho)
3095686 At the Turnspit, Quakers Alley (colour litho) by Concanen, Alfred (1835-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the Turnspit, Quakers Alley)

How Spartan youth was trained (litho)
3106033 How Spartan youth was trained (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: How Spartan youth was trained. Illustration for Newnes Pictorial Knowledge (1932)

As in the olden days: a young woman flogged in a public square (colour litho)
3099214 As in the olden days: a young woman flogged in a public square (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: As in the olden days)

The Bear Trainers (engraving)
3646521 The Bear Trainers (engraving) by Burgkmair, Hans (c.1473-1531) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bear Trainers)

Plucking Ostriches (coloured photo)
3643071 Plucking Ostriches (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plucking Ostriches. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Gordon "sent to Coventry"(engraving)
3634748 Gordon " sent to Coventry" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gordon " sent to Coventry". Illustration for Chatterbox, 1877)

Home of the gorilla (engraving)
3621157 Home of the gorilla (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Home of the gorilla. Illustration for Boys Own magazine.); © Look and Learn

The beggar and his dog - a lesson to children (chromolitho)
6001831 The beggar and his dog - a lesson to children (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The beggar and his dog - a lesson to children)

Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880)
5975843 Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Company. Education. Education of a child gate using the swift (whip)

Dancing bear on a suburban street, London, 1900s (b / w photo)
6014663 Dancing bear on a suburban street, London, 1900s (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing bear on a suburban street, London, 1900s)

Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880)
5975845 Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Company. Education. Education of a child gate using the swift (whip)

Ivan Mazepa (Jean Mazeppa) (1639-1709). Apres avoir ete surpris en flagrant delit d adultere
FIA5376095 Ivan Mazepa (Jean Mazeppa) (1639-1709). Apres avoir ete surpris en flagrant delit d adultere, il est enduit de goudron et attache nu sur un cheval sauvage qui l emporte dans les steppes

Christ is robbed of his clothes. Tapestry made in the manufactures of Brussels
LRI4705260 Christ is robbed of his clothes. Tapestry made in the manufactures of Brussels. 16th century Genes, Musei di Strada Nuova by Belgian School, (16th century); Musei di Strada Nuova

Punishment of the idle in the workhouse of Hamburg, Germany (engraving)
7172543 Punishment of the idle in the workhouse of Hamburg, Germany (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punishment of the idle in the workhouse of Hamburg)

(The expulsion of Hagar) Ismael est le premier fils d Abraham avec Hagar (Agar)
FIA5370913 (The expulsion of Hagar) Ismael est le premier fils d Abraham avec Hagar (Agar), la servante egyptienne de son epouse Sarah. Apres la naissance d Isaac, Ismael et Agar sont chasses

Elephant pulling against fifty-five men in a test of its strength at Uyeno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan (b / w photo)
7148784 Elephant pulling against fifty-five men in a test of its strength at Uyeno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan (b/w photo) by Japanese Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The lie. A school boy tears and ties to a pole with a "liar"sign around his neck to punish him for his lie
DUV4198620 The lie. A school boy tears and ties to a pole with a " liar" sign around his neck to punish him for his lie. Little boys alphabet

Man being hung upside down out of a window by his coat-tails (colour litho)
5999967 Man being hung upside down out of a window by his coat-tails (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Deportation of Leon Trotsky (Trotsky) (1879-1940) to Siberia, condemned for opposing the Russian Bolshevik government
XEE4183909 Deportation of Leon Trotsky (Trotsky) (1879-1940) to Siberia, condemned for opposing the Russian Bolshevik government. Engraving. One of " Le petit journal illustrious", 1928

Exhibition of a forced evade (Evade returned) at the Toulon bagne in the 19th century
XEE4143451 Exhibition of a forced evade (Evade returned) at the Toulon bagne in the 19th century. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation a nos jours" (1877)

Nebuchadnezzar orders the sons of the rebel Zedekiah to be killed - engraving in "The Bible illustree"by
XEE4161135 Nebuchadnezzar orders the sons of the rebel Zedekiah to be killed - engraving in " The Bible illustree" by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Illustration for David Copperfield (engraving)
3099592 Illustration for David Copperfield (engraving) by Barnard, Frederick (1846-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for David Copperfield)

Hunting seals in Newfoundland (colour litho)
3097451 Hunting seals in Newfoundland (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting seals in Newfoundland. La Chasse Aux Phoques A Terre-Neuve)

Ezechiel du Mas, Comte de Melac, French soldier (engraving)
3646873 Ezechiel du Mas, Comte de Melac, French soldier (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ezechiel du Mas, Comte de Melac (c1630-1704), French soldier

La fin de l age d argent (The Close of The Silver Age). Theme inspire des poemes grecs antiques d Hesiode
FIA5379009 La fin de l age d argent (The Close of The Silver Age). Theme inspire des poemes grecs antiques d Hesiode (7e siecle avant JC) dans " Les Travaux et les Jours"

Fulvia (Fulvie Flacca Bambula, 77-40 av J-C) avec la tete de Ciceron (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
FIA5366088 Fulvia (Fulvie Flacca Bambula, 77-40 av J-C) avec la tete de Ciceron (Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 avant JC) (Fulvia with Ciceros Head)

Hunting porpoises off Newfoundland (chromolitho)
7157077 Hunting porpoises off Newfoundland (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting porpoises off Newfoundland)

The whale heaved its whole vast bulk out of the water (colour litho)
3100088 The whale heaved its whole vast bulk out of the water (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The whale heaved its whole vast bulk out of the water)

V: Victorine will keep her brother from beating her dog
6523574 V: Victorine will keep her brother from beating her dog. by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: in " Moral Alphabet in Action)

The circle of fire - destroying elephants in Central Africa (litho)
6014309 The circle of fire - destroying elephants in Central Africa (litho) by Berkeley, Stanley (fl.1878-1902, d.1909) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Discovery of a woman kept prisonerby her husband for four years, Bordeaux, France (engraving)
6000540 Discovery of a woman kept prisonerby her husband for four years, Bordeaux, France (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The driver of Austrian General Skarbonovitch delivering the general and his wife into the captivity of the Russians in
6000393 The driver of Austrian General Skarbonovitch delivering the general and his wife into the captivity of the Russians in revenge for being repeatedly beaten by him, World War I

Story of a poor donkey (coloured engraving)
5998884 Story of a poor donkey (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Story of a poor donkey)

Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880)
5975846 Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Company. Education. Education of a child gate using the swift (whip)

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"Cruelty: A Dark Reality Unveiled" In a world tainted by the shadows of cruelty, we are confronted with the harsh truths that lie beneath our civilized façade. From the hunting grounds where foxes fall victim to man's pursuit, to the chilling tales of "Christmas Day in the Workhouse, " where suffering becomes an unwelcome companion. Even in works of art like "Black Beauty 1967" or George Studdy's poignant creation "Nobody Loves Me, " we witness how they are manifest itself within human hearts. H. M. Bateman's haunting depiction of "Mental Cruelty" serves as a stark reminder that pain is not always physical but can also torment one's mind. Throughout history, artists like William Hogarth have captured society's moral decay through pieces such as "The Reward of Cruelty. " Meanwhile, John Tenniel portrays heartless indifference in his portrayal of "The Queen of Hearts. " Looking back further into time, Peter Paul Rubens' masterpiece "Le Coup de Lance" reminds us that even great conquerors like Attila the Hun were not immune to inflicting harm upon others. From Puritan times when punishment was mercilessly doled out for unauthorized religious meetings, as seen in Charles Stanley Reinhart's wood engraving depicting Obadiah Holmes' whipping; to more modern forms such as hare coursing depicted in lithographs from 1892 – humanity has shown its capacity for brutality throughout generations. Yet amidst this darkness, there are glimmers of hope and compassion. The tale of the Kettle Cat teaches us about resilience and kindness prevailing against adversity. As we reflect on these glimpses into mankind's capacity for cruelty, let it serve as a call to action. Let us strive towards empathy and understanding so that someday we may banish this darkness from our world and replace it with compassion and love.