Cruel Collection (page 9)

Fox and rabbit
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Roaring Gorilla
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Angry Gorilla
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Triceratops
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Two Monsters and Airplane
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Circus woman with tiger
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Lion Growling
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Tiger in the Grass
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Close up of Tiger
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And the King said, Divide the living child in two, mid-late 19th century. Creator
And the King said, Divide the living child in two, mid-late 19th century. Biblical scene, from 1 Kings 3: 25: And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one

Dionysius, (c432-367 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Dionysius, (c432-367 BC), 1830. Dionysius I of Syracuse (c432-367 BC) Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily, egarded by the ancients as the worst kind of despot, cruel, suspicious and vindictive

Catching geese with a fishing rod, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Catching geese with a fishing rod, 1929. Faute De Mieux, Ils Pechent Des Oies. (For lack of anything better, they fish for geese). Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre"

Baron D Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Creator: R Page
Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar, 2nd Baron d Aguilar - Of Starvation Farm, 1821. Portrait made in 1803 of Ephraim Lopes Pereira d Aguilar (1739-1802)

Sport in India - Smoking Wolves from their Earths, c1808, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Sport in India - Smoking Wolves from their Earths, c1808, (1901). British and Indian men hunting wolves: some throw spears

The interior of the Bullring, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The interior of the Bullring, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Crowds watching the bullfight at the Plaza de toros de la Fuente del Berro, opened in 1874

Hunting in Leicestershire, 1827 - In At The Death, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Hunting in Leicestershire, 1827 - In At The Death, (1890). Fox hunting scene in rural England: huntsmen and hounds gather round as the bloody body of the fox is held aloft

Pigeon Shooting in India, 19th century. Creator: J Bennett
Pigeon Shooting in India, 19th century. British colonials fire as locals release pigeons into the air

Il Ballo dell Orso, 1815. Creator: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Il Ballo dell Orso, 1815. A bear, chained and muzzled, is forced to dance to earn coins for its master. Dogs in miniature outfits walk on their hind legs as the crowd looks on

Fox-Hunting, (1924). Creator: Unknown
Fox-Hunting, (1924). Chasing a fox with dogs in the woods. No.10 in a series of 25 Old Sporting Prints Cigarette Cards. After Samuel Howitt. [John Player & Sons, 1924]

Rhinoceros Hunting, Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa
The sad result of early 20th century Rhinoceros Hunting at Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1909

Lion Shooting in Sudan, Africa
The sad result of Lion Hunting/Shooting in Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1909

William Hogarth The Four Stages of Cruelty
Vintage engraving by William Hogarth, The Four Stages of Cruelty. In the second plate, the scene is Thavies Inn Gate, one of the Inns of Chancery which housed associations of lawyers in London

Curious Old-Time Military Punishments, c1934. Illustration showing 17th-century methods of punishing offences: the whirligig, riding the wooden horse, flogging, picketing

Bear-Baiting in a Stuart Bear Pit, c1934. Illustration showing English mastiff dogs attacking a chained bear, a favourite amusement of the people in Stuart times

Prisoners Working on the Treadmill, c1934. Illustration showing the 19th century method of forcing idle prisoners to take exercise

Don Fruela I (722-Cangas de Onis - 768), called the Cruel. King of Asturias, son of Alfonso I, the Catholic, he fought Abderrahman I in Galicia

Royal Cock Pit, 1808. Artist: J Bluck
Royal Cock Pit, 1808. Interior view of the Royal Cockpit, Dartmouth Street, off Birdcage Walk, Westminster

Mime writhes under the lashes he receives, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Mime writhes under the lashes he receives, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Alberich puts on the Tarnhelm and becomes invisible, beating Mime to taunt him. From Das Rheingold

Mime howling Ohe! Ohe! Oh! Oh!, 1910. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Mime howling Ohe! Ohe! Oh! Oh!, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie. Alberich beats his brother Mime for taking too long working on the Tarnhelm. From Das Rheingold

Lothrop Withington, Jr (right), a Harvard freshman, swallowing a goldfish, USA, 1935. Three days later, at Franklin and Marshall College, a young man ate three

Caligula, Roman Emperor, (c1590-1629). Artist: Aegidius Sadeler II
Caligula, Roman Emperor, (c1590-1629). Caligula (12-41 AD) was the third Roman Emperor, ruling from 37 until he was assassinated in 41

USA, Alaska. Collection of old traps hang on log cabin wall. Credit as: Don Paulson / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Victorian satirical cartoon on Religion and the poor
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon, 19th Century. The Satires of Cynicus. My eyes and thoughts to Heaven go, I ne er see common things below

The Moneylenders, c1515, (1912). Artist: Quentin Metsys I
The Moneylenders, c1515, (1912). From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

General Dalzell Entering Edinburgh, July 1666, (c1880). Sir Thomas Dalyell of The Binns, 1st Baronet (1615-1685) was a Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

The kill, fox hunting, 1787 (1890). A print from The Graphic, 6 December 1890

The Great 100 Rat Match, 19th century(?)

Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884). Artist: Spex
Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Entertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. Artist: Spex
Entertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Gypsies and dancing bears on the road. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Gypsies and dancing bears on the road. Stereoscopic card detail

At Jamrachs, London, 1887
At Jamrach s, London, 1887. Charles Jamrach was a dealer in wild animals, whose premises were on The Highway in East London. A print from The Illustrated London News, 19th Febuary 1887

Lawrence Nightgall dragging Cicely down the secret stairs in the Salt Tower, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank
Lawrence Nightgall dragging Cicely down the secret stairs in the Salt Tower, 1840. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840)

A story of cruel Frederick

Bull fight, 20th century

German troops occupying the city of Liege in Belgium, First World War, 1914. The soldier in the foreground is kicking a dog pulling one of the traditional dogcarts

Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
Bear-baiting in Saxon times, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Rat fighting, recreation of Louis XI of France, 1461-1483 (1882-1884). Louis was King of France from 1461 to 1483. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume II

French Travelling, or the First Stage from Calais, 1792. Artist: F Dukes
French Travelling, or the First Stage from Calais, 1792. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily

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"Cruel: A Glimpse into the Dark Side of Humanity" "Christmas Day in the Workhouse: An Unforgiving Reality" "Kettle Cat's Silent Suffering: Cruelty Behind Closed Doors" "Angry Gorilla Illustration: The Ferocity of Captivity" "Man Being Bit By Rats: A Gruesome Encounter with Desperation" "Performing Bear in a Russian Village, 1877: Exploitation for Entertainment" "Start of a Cock Fight: Bloodsport and Brutality Unveiled" "Pyrenean Woman Force-Feeding a Goose: Tradition or Torture?" "The Crickhowell Hunt, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales: Chasing Thrills at the Expense of Innocent Lives" "MOVE ON POLICE SATIRE: Exposing Cruelty Disguised as Authority and Control" "Mouse or Rat Trap? Late 19th or Early 20th Century: Instruments of Pain in the Name of Pest Control" "The Bullfight at Algeciras (w/c with bodycolour on paper): Spectacle or Savagery?" "Plate 25 from Los Caprichos : If he broke the pot (Si quebro el Cantaro. ), 1799.