Cruelty Collection (#9)

The boxing kangaroo at the Royal Aquarium, London (litho)
6014229 The boxing kangaroo at the Royal Aquarium, London (litho) by Frenzeny, Paul (1840-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: The boxing kangaroo at the Royal Aquarium, London)

Punishment of a woman in the 16th Century (colour litho)
6000647 Punishment of a woman in the 16th Century (colour litho) by Weiditz, Christof (c.1500-59) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punishment of a woman in the 16th Century)

A bullfight in Madrid (engraving)
3627330 A bullfight in Madrid (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A bullfight in Madrid)

Initiation of a Knight Kadosch (engraving)
3100769 Initiation of a Knight Kadosch (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Knight Kadosch)

Cock fighting in Cairo (colour litho)
3097658 Cock fighting in Cairo (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cock fighting in Cairo. En Egypte, Combat De Coqs Au Caire)

Kirkes Villainy and Cruelty to a Young Woman who begged him to save her Brothers Life (engraving)
3630960 Kirkes Villainy and Cruelty to a Young Woman who begged him to save her Brothers Life (engraving) by Wale, Samuel (1721-86) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Europe (coloured engraving)
3630129 Europe (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Europe. Illustration from Die Welt in Bildern (Braun & Schneider, Munich)

Performing animal troupe in Germany (coloured engraving)
3630123 Performing animal troupe in Germany (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Performing animal troupe in Germany)

Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880)
5975848 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)

Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880)
5975844 Swift education. (Engraving, ca. 1880) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Company. Education. Bad student in class)

The last judgment: the damns are taken into the underworld by demons. 1432-1435 (Tempera on wood)
LRI4613328 The last judgment: the damns are taken into the underworld by demons.1432-1435 (Tempera on wood) by Angelico, Fra (Guido di Pietro/Giovanni da Fiesole) (c.1387-1455); Museo di San Marco

Cruelty of the rebels at Wexford (engraving)
7192557 Cruelty of the rebels at Wexford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cruelty of the rebels at Wexford)

Le Christ couronne d epines (Le couronnement d epines) (Christ crowned with thorns)
FIA5331381 Le Christ couronne d epines (Le couronnement d epines) (Christ crowned with thorns). Peinture de Tommaso Salini (vers 1575-1625). Huile sur toile, 125 x 90 cm, vers 1610

Snail Race; Parlour Game (litho)
7149259 Snail Race; Parlour Game (litho) by Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snail Race; Parlour Game)

Alboin, King of the Lombards, forcing his wife Rosamund to drinf from the skull of her father Cunimund
7147842 Alboin, King of the Lombards, forcing his wife Rosamund to drinf from the skull of her father Cunimund, King of the Gepids (engraving) by Zick

Apollo and Marsyas, 16th century (painting)
LRI4699036 Apollo and Marsyas, 16th century (painting) by Cambiaso, Luca (1527-85); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apollo and Marsyas The satyr is punished for having defied Apollo to the lyre)

Lombard king Alboin (about 526- 572) forces his wife, the gepid princess Rosemonde (died 572)
ELD4849706 Lombard king Alboin (about 526- 572) forces his wife, the gepid princess Rosemonde (died 572) to drink from a cup formed by his fathers skull Cunimond at a banquet in Verona

Brutal Child lashes a dog. Little boys alphabet. Abecedary has moral value containing reading exercises
DUV4198660 Brutal Child lashes a dog. Little boys alphabet. Abecedary has moral value containing reading exercises. Epinal imaging late 19th century by French School

A pretty blond young man, looks bad, having just made his proposal, sees the girl caught with a laugh
XEE4136864 A pretty blond young man, looks bad, having just made his proposal, sees the girl caught with a laugh, spilled over on her chair, under the ebahis eyes of her father

Allegory of cruelty. The tigers head on which it is capped and the diamond on the heart mean the hardness of the heart
XEE4135619 Allegory of cruelty. The tigers head on which it is capped and the diamond on the heart mean the hardness of the heart

Bagne de Brest: caning. Engraving in "Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation a nos jours"(1877)
XEE4143516 Bagne de Brest: caning. Engraving in " Histoire des bagnes depuis leur creation a nos jours" (1877) by Pierre Zaccone (1817-1895) (Colonia Penale - Penal colony)

The Cockfight in the Harem (watercolour)
7186147 The Cockfight in the Harem (watercolour) by Schutz, Erich (1886-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cockfight in the Harem)

Spain (engraving)
5228176 Spain (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spain. Illustration for Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon)

Outbreak of the plague in London, 1641 (woodcut)
7201737 Outbreak of the plague in London, 1641 (woodcut) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Outbreak of the plague in London, 1641)

Persecution of Christians in ancient Rome: Christian woman thrown to the lions in the arena (engraving)
7173393 Persecution of Christians in ancient Rome: Christian woman thrown to the lions in the arena (engraving) by German School

Alboin, King of the Lombards, demanding that his wife Rosamund drinks from his favourite cup
5229118 Alboin, King of the Lombards, demanding that his wife Rosamund drinks from his favourite cup, made from the skull of her father Cunimund, King of the Gepids (engraving) by English School

The circus, people thrown to the lions in a Roman arena (colour litho)
7150458 The circus, people thrown to the lions in a Roman arena (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The circus)

King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia and Germany arbitrarily condemning a man to death in Prague (engraving)
7147918 King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia and Germany arbitrarily condemning a man to death in Prague (engraving) by Roeber, Fritz (1851-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

And we have cruelly kept you from the deathbed (engraving)
3648105 And we have cruelly kept you from the deathbed (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: And we have cruelly kept you from the deathbed)

The punishment of servants (engraving)
3646886 The punishment of servants (engraving) by Burgkmair, Hans (c.1473-1531) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The punishment of servants)

Invitation to an exhibition of apes and monkeys (engraving)
3646785 Invitation to an exhibition of apes and monkeys (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invitation to an exhibition of apes and monkeys)

Abandonnee (Abandoned) (colour litho)
3098613 Abandonnee (Abandoned) (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Abandonnee (Abandoned)

The Derision of Christ (Jesus mocked by the soldiers) Painting by Gioacchino Assereto (1600-1649) 17th century Genes
LRI4702690 The Derision of Christ (Jesus mocked by the soldiers) Painting by Gioacchino Assereto (1600-1649) 17th century Genes, Musei di Strada Nuova by Assereto

The wrong woman Anthropophagy Scene, a witch has a child. Grey wash by Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) Sun
JLJ4974507 The wrong woman Anthropophagy Scene, a witch has a child. Grey wash by Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) Sun

The counterfeiters (song 30 from Hell, in the Divine Comedy - miniature, 15th century)
LRI4636888 The counterfeiters (song 30 from Hell, in the Divine Comedy - miniature, 15th century by Unknown Artist, (15th century); Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile, Padua

Trojan War: "Mercury orders Enee to abandon Didon"Painting by Orazio Samachini (1532-1577) 16th century Sun
JLJ4689649 Trojan War: " Mercury orders Enee to abandon Didon" Painting by Orazio Samachini (1532-1577) 16th century Sun

Move on! (colour litho)
3648163 Move on! (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Move on! Dedicated to the Commissioners of Police)

A childs crime (colour litho)
3099258 A childs crime (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A childs crime. Un crime d enfant)

King Edward VII with the tiger he has killed (litho)
6014438 King Edward VII with the tiger he has killed (litho) by Hall, Sydney Prior (1842-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Edward VII with the tiger he has killed)

Death of an abandoned three year-old boy in Paris and arrest of his father for neglect (engraving)
6000572 Death of an abandoned three year-old boy in Paris and arrest of his father for neglect (engraving) by French School

A family of bears in the Pyrenees (coloured engraving)
5998928 A family of bears in the Pyrenees (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A family of bears in the Pyrenees)

Chimpanzees and orangutan eating Christmas dinner, Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia
5987095 Chimpanzees and orangutan eating Christmas dinner, Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The fox hunt (colour litho)
3643229 The fox hunt (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fox hunt. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Children in the mines (engraving)
3644228 Children in the mines (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children in the mines. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1843)

Wizard Whipping by Children - Engraving from 1725 in "La Sorcellerie demasquee"
XEE4148103 Wizard Whipping by Children - Engraving from 1725 in " La Sorcellerie demasquee" ( t Afgerukt mom-aansight der tooverye) by Abraham Palingh by Flemish School

The composer George Frederick Handel (Georg Friedrich Handel, 1685-1759) threatening Francesca Cuzzoni (1696-1778)
XEE4151779 The composer George Frederick Handel (Georg Friedrich Handel, 1685-1759) threatening Francesca Cuzzoni (1696-1778)

Christ stripped of his tunic. Painting by Domenikos Theotokopoulos called The Greco (1541-1614), oil on canvas
LSE4315142 Christ stripped of his tunic. Painting by Domenikos Theotokopoulos called The Greco (1541-1614), oil on canvas, between 1583 and 1584 (99 x 165 cm). Spanish art, 16th century

Boire du the a Mytichtchi (Mytischi), pres de Moscou. (Des moines orthodoxes prennent le the dans un jardin)
FIA5341217 Boire du the a Mytichtchi (Mytischi), pres de Moscou. (Des moines orthodoxes prennent le the dans un jardin, un estropie et un enfant misereux mendient)

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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.