Vengeance Collection (#2)

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan, 1826 (oil on canvas)
2968525 The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan, 1826 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 59.6x73.4 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne

The life-long hunger for la revanche inspires the French cavalry to supreme endeavour when let loose upon the German
STC359720 The life-long hunger for la revanche inspires the French cavalry to supreme endeavour when let loose upon the German enemy, 1914-19 (litho) by English School

The Adulterous Wife (oil on canvas)
901461 The Adulterous Wife (oil on canvas) by Wampe, Jean-Baptiste (1689-1750); Musee Ingres, Montauban, France; (add.info.: The Cheating Woman)

Hercules Killing Cacus, (woodcut)
659519 Hercules Killing Cacus, (woodcut) by Goltzius, Hendrik (1558-1617); 41x33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hercules Killing Cacus. Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617). Woodcut

Then Perseus held aloft the Gorgons head, illustration for How Perseus came Home again
IL193703 Then Perseus held aloft the Gorgons head, illustration for How Perseus came Home again, from The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales, by Charles Kingsley (1819-75) (colour litho) by Davie

The Giaour, Conqueror of Hassan; Le Giaour, Vainqueur d Hassan, (oil on canvas)
824542 The Giaour, Conqueror of Hassan; Le Giaour, Vainqueur d Hassan, (oil on canvas) by Vernet, Emile Jean Horace (1789-1863); 65x54 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Giaour)

Scene from the Apocalypse, The Four Vengeful Angels, Latin edition, 1511 (woodcut) (b / w photo)
XIR253280 Scene from the Apocalypse, The Four Vengeful Angels, Latin edition, 1511 (woodcut) (b/w photo) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 39.4x28.3 cm; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Calisto Changed Into a Bear From Fable of Calisto, 1547-50. Creator: Leon Davent
Calisto Changed Into a Bear From Fable of Calisto, 1547-50

Wrath, from the Seven Deadly Sins, ca. 1550-55. Creator: Leon Davent
Wrath, from the Seven Deadly Sins, ca. 1550-55

The Giaour, 1826 (oil on canvas)
831232 The Giaour, 1826 (oil on canvas) by Colin, Alexandre Marie (1798-1875); 99.5x81 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: After The Giaour by Lord Byron); Photo © Christies Images

The Vow of Vengeance, 1894 (bronze)
2969134 The Vow of Vengeance, 1894 (bronze) by MacNeil, Hermon Atkins (1866-1947); 42.6x18.7x21.6 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Restricted gift of Wesley M. Dixon, Jr

"The gentleman, having searched the lad... denounced great vengeance
2792188 " The gentleman, having searched the lad... denounced great vengeance, swearing he would acquaint Mr Allworthy" (colour litho) by Stott, W.R.S

Tiger-Shooting in Lower Bengal (engraving)
1059000 Tiger-Shooting in Lower Bengal (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tiger-Shooting in Lower Bengal)

Salome (La jeune femme rapporte la tete de Saint Jean Baptiste a sa mere Herodiade sur un plateau)
FIA5346050 Salome (La jeune femme rapporte la tete de Saint Jean Baptiste a sa mere Herodiade sur un plateau) - Peinture de Vasilli Ivanovich Sourikov (Vasily Surikov ou Vassili Surikow) (1848-1916)

La derniere etape. Peinture de Pavel Alexandrovich Svedomsky (Svedomski) (1849-1904), huile sur toile, 19e siecle
FIA5382050 La derniere etape. Peinture de Pavel Alexandrovich Svedomsky (Svedomski) (1849-1904), huile sur toile, 19e siecle, art academique. Regional Art Museum, Gorlovka (Horlivka, Ukraine)

Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretiuss "De la Nature des Choses"
Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretiuss " De la Nature des Choses", Book III, c. 1768

The Destroying Angel, 1833. Creator: John Martin
The Destroying Angel, 1833

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Shida Yakata Yotsugi no Hikibune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782, c. 1782

Bust Portrait of the Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as Yodohachi the Cowherd in the Joruri " Shitenno Oeyama Iri" (The Four Great Retainers of Yorimitsu Go to Mt)

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Kujaku Saburo Narihira (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?), c

Achilles Contemplating the Body of Patroclus (oil on canvas)
XIR176699 Achilles Contemplating the Body of Patroclus (oil on canvas) by Pellegrini, Giovanni Antonio (1675-1741); 152.5x195.5 cm; Musee Municipal, Soissons

A victorious First World War Allied tank passes by the tomb of a French cavalry soldier from the Franco-Prussian War
3641289 A victorious First World War Allied tank passes by the tomb of a French cavalry soldier from the Franco-Prussian War

Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Oshizu, the Wife of Tanabe Bunzo, 1794 (woodblock print)
5615144 Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Oshizu, the Wife of Tanabe Bunzo, 1794 (woodblock print) by Sharaku, Toshusai (fl.1794-95); 33.7x23.5 cm; Narodni Galerie, Prague

Lady Artists copying at the Paris Louvre (engraving)
1054387 Lady Artists copying at the Paris Louvre (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Artists copying at the Paris Louvre)

A Boer Raid on a Village in Cape Colony, wreaking Vengeance on the Post-Office (litho)
1037483 A Boer Raid on a Village in Cape Colony, wreaking Vengeance on the Post-Office (litho) by Small, William (1843-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Experiences of a Traveller in an Indian Country Cart (engraving)
1044929 Experiences of a Traveller in an Indian Country Cart (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Experiences of a Traveller in an Indian Country Cart)

Sir Charles Napiers Squadron in Plymouth Sound (engraving)
1096058 Sir Charles Napiers Squadron in Plymouth Sound (engraving) by Condy, Nicholas Matthews (1816-51) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Charles Napiers Squadron in Plymouth Sound)

The Desperate action between the Terrible and Vengeance, Dec 1757 (engraving)
727133 The Desperate action between the Terrible and Vengeance, Dec 1757 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Comic postcard, Man at a school of aviation Date: 20th century

Ms Fr 2810 The Mongol leader, Hulagu, khan of the Ilkhanate chases his cousin, Berke
XIR167307 Ms Fr 2810 The Mongol leader, Hulagu, khan of the Ilkhanate chases his cousin, Berke, khan of the Kipchak or Golden Horde in 1262, forcing him into a river

Hamlets father appears to him, from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
IL388116 Hamlets father appears to him, from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, edition published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1915 (colour litho) by Simmonds, W. G

"There was an Old Man of the Cape, who possessed a large Barbary Ape", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386711 " There was an Old Man of the Cape, who possessed a large Barbary Ape", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Illustration from the life of El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c1043-1099), Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain - seen here with Count Lozano, and receiving his fathers sword

The Tricoteuses of the Guillotine on the Steps of the Church of Saint-Roch
CHT239269 The Tricoteuses of the Guillotine on the Steps of the Church of Saint-Roch, 16th October 1793 (colour engraving) by Baron, Henri (1816-85) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris

The vengeance of the diablos or Chinese yo-yos
The vengeance of diablos or Chinese yo-yos. French caricature from the early 19th century showing women throwing men in the air with Chinese yo-yos

Revenge of an elephant (colour litho)
2780011 Revenge of an elephant (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revenge of an elephant. La vengeance de l elephant)

Revenge of the fairies (chromolitho)
3100691 Revenge of the fairies (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revenge of the fairies)

A Cry for Vengeance (engraving)
1596471 A Cry for Vengeance (engraving) by Nicolet, Gabriel (1856-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Cry for Vengeance. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 12 October 1889)

Things Are Not Always What They Seem (litho)
1596025 Things Are Not Always What They Seem (litho) by Dadd, S.T. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Things Are Not Always What They Seem)

The British Squadron in the Dardanelles (engraving)
1096577 The British Squadron in the Dardanelles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British Squadron in the Dardanelles)

Admiral Sir W Parker leaving Corfu, in "The Howe, "for Cephalonia (engraving)
1096461 Admiral Sir W Parker leaving Corfu, in " The Howe, " for Cephalonia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Eumenides (chromolitho)
975951 Eumenides (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eumenides. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Scene from The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe (engraving)
3626591 Scene from The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Caneing in Conduit Street, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1796
NCO191729 The Caneing in Conduit Street, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1796 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Revenge with vitriol (colour litho)
2782259 Revenge with vitriol (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revenge with vitriol. Vengeance Au Vitriol)

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"Unleashing the Fury: Tales of Vengeance from History's Depths" The HMS Vengeance, a British aircraft carrier, sails with an unwavering determination to seek justice and retribution. As the sun sets on the horizon, memories of the HMS Vengeance, a formidable battleship in World War I, resurface - its name forever etched in history as a symbol against tyranny. Poseidon's wrath knows no bounds; witness the awe-inspiring vengeance unleashed upon those who dare defy his mighty rule. The HMS Vengeance R71 emerges from the mist like a phantom seeking revenge for past wrongs - its presence instilling fear among all who cross its path. In Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, amidst chaos and despair, it was the Black Watch Royal Highlanders who fought with unyielding vengeance to protect their comrades and restore peace. Gazing upon the Pergamon Altar reveals ancient tales of Nyx or one of her Erinyes wreaking havoc and exacting vengeance upon mortals foolish enough to challenge divine authority. With each wave crashing against its hull, HMS Vengeance R71 stands tall as a testament to resilience and relentless pursuit for justice - never faltering in its quest for retribution. Echoes of battles long gone resonate through time as HMS Vengeance R71 proudly carries forward a legacy steeped in valorous acts driven by righteous vengeance. From Allied warships navigating treacherous waters at Dardanelles during February 1915's World War I campaign emerges an indomitable spirit fueled by collective longing for vindication and payback against oppressors. Christof von Galen personifies vengeful determination - his name synonymous with unwavering resolve to right perceived wrongs and bring forth restitution where it is due.