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Background imagePunishment Collection: DANTE: DIVINE COMEDY. Frontispiece of Dantes Divine Comedy, showing Dante (in

DANTE: DIVINE COMEDY. Frontispiece of Dantes Divine Comedy, showing Dante (in a red robe) being led by Virgil (in a blue robe) through the agonies of hell. Italian manuscript illumnination

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa

The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa
Postcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain

Background imagePunishment Collection: H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
A view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison

Background imagePunishment Collection: A prison guard on patrol in B wing of Britains top security prison Parkhurst

A prison guard on patrol in B wing of Britains top security prison Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight November 1984

Background imagePunishment Collection: Christ Carrying the Cross, 1560s. Artist: Titian

Christ Carrying the Cross, 1560s. Artist: Titian
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1560s. Titian (1488-1576). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Background imagePunishment Collection: The New Jerusalem, c1900

The New Jerusalem, c1900

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Punishment of Luxury, 1891 (1935). Artist: Giovanni Segantini

The Punishment of Luxury, 1891 (1935). Artist: Giovanni Segantini
The Punishment of Luxury, 1891 (1935). After the painting by Giovanni Segantini. From Modern Masterpieces Part 23. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Background imagePunishment Collection: Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s

Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s
Punishing heretics by exiling them from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Petworth Jail - c1860

Petworth Jail - c1860
Copy of an old print of the notorious Petworth House of Correction, as seen from the Tillington Road on which is seen a horse and carriage and several pedestrians

Background imagePunishment Collection: Pentonville Prison, Islington, North London

Pentonville Prison, Islington, North London
An aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system

Background imagePunishment Collection: Wandsworth Prison, south west London

Wandsworth Prison, south west London
A galleried wing of Wandsworth Prison in south west London. Two warders inspect the cells

Background imagePunishment Collection: His Broadcast Masters Voice by George Studdy

His Broadcast Masters Voice by George Studdy
A spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

Background imagePunishment Collection: General view of Exeter Prison, Devon

General view of Exeter Prison, Devon
A general view of Exeter Prison in Devon. Railway lines in the foreground carry a variety of rolling stock including both goods wagons and passenger carriages

Background imagePunishment Collection: Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London

Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. It was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

Background imagePunishment Collection: State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USA

State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USA
Interior view of a cell block at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham

Background imagePunishment Collection: Officers at Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset

Officers at Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset
Three uniformed prison officers stand in front of Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset. The prison was originally established as a House of Correction in 1625

Background imagePunishment Collection: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary. Interior of abandoned prison

USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary. Interior of abandoned prison. Credit as: Jay O Brien / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Background imagePunishment Collection: Interior of the Prison Chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall

Interior of the Prison Chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
Interior of the prison chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Stoning of Saint Stephen; Prayer Book of Charles the Bold

The Stoning of Saint Stephen; Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, 1469

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Rebuke of Adam and Eve, 1740. Creator: Charles-Joseph Natoire

The Rebuke of Adam and Eve, 1740. Creator: Charles-Joseph Natoire
The Rebuke of Adam and Eve, 1740

Background imagePunishment Collection: MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699 / 1700). American Quaker from Long Island, as a teenager

MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699 / 1700). American Quaker from Long Island, as a teenager
MARY WRIGHT (1642-1699/1700)

Background imagePunishment Collection: GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG. Chain gang prisoners and guards rest against a fence

GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG. Chain gang prisoners and guards rest against a fence, Thomasville, Georgia. Photograph, c1890

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Good Thief (Saint Dismas), 1450-1460. Creator: Unknown

The Good Thief (Saint Dismas), 1450-1460. Creator: Unknown
The Good Thief (Saint Dismas), 1450-1460

Background imagePunishment Collection: British naval discipline, 19th century

British naval discipline, 19th century. A sailor, tied to the grating, being flogged with a cat-o-nine-tails. In 1867 Parliament abolished flogging in the services

Background imagePunishment Collection: Le Coup de Lance, 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Le Coup de Lance, 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Le Coup de Lance, 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christs side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair

Background imagePunishment Collection: Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musician

Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musician
A Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute

Background imagePunishment Collection: Boy Wearing Dunce Cap in Classroom

Boy Wearing Dunce Cap in Classroom
(Original Caption) The Dunce. Punishment in an old-fashioned school room

Background imagePunishment Collection: Illustration of the dungeon scene from Johann Goethes Faust

Illustration of the dungeon scene from Johann Goethes Faust
GOETHE: FAUST. Illustration of the dungeon scene from Johann Goethes Faust. Pen-and-ink drawing by Harry Clarke

Background imagePunishment Collection: Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste

Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste
Galilei Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer, being guided by his daughter Maria Celeste (1600-1634), a nun

Background imagePunishment Collection: Winson Green Prison, Birmingham

Winson Green Prison, Birmingham
The castle-like entrance to Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, built in 1849 as a local gaol for adult male offenders

Background imagePunishment Collection: Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey

Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey
A view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor

Background imagePunishment Collection: Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire

Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior of a cell block at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling

Background imagePunishment Collection: Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visits women at Newgate

Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visits women at Newgate
Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) on a visit to Newgate Prison, London

Background imagePunishment Collection: Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London

Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
A general view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The prison was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

Background imagePunishment Collection: Girls room, Aylesbury Borstal, Buckinghamshire

Girls room, Aylesbury Borstal, Buckinghamshire
A typical inmates room at the Aylesbury girls borstal, Buckinghamshire, established in 1909 as a youth prison for those aged 16 to 21

Background imagePunishment Collection: Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A sobbing medieval child has been punished by his uncle for not being able to spell the word pie, to the horror of his aunt, Mrs Grace. The punishment involves sitting on the kitchen shelf

Background imagePunishment Collection: Gannet (Morus bassanus) fluffy chick with its parent

Gannet (Morus bassanus) fluffy chick with its parent. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August

Background imagePunishment Collection: Punishment of Loke, 1890. Artist: James Doyle Penrose

Punishment of Loke, 1890. Artist: James Doyle Penrose
Punishment of Loke, 1890. Loke (Loki) is a giant in Norse and Germanic mythology, who is bound to a rock by the other gods and forced to have poison from a snake dropped on his face

Background imagePunishment Collection: British military discipline, 19th century

British military discipline, 19th century. A soldier, tied to the triangle, being flogged with a cat-o-nine-tails. In 1867 Parliament abolished flogging in the services

Background imagePunishment Collection: Un Bandit Bulgare Dans Les Balkans (engraving)

Un Bandit Bulgare Dans Les Balkans (engraving)
2783156 Un Bandit Bulgare Dans Les Balkans (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Bandit Bulgare Dans Les Balkans)

Background imagePunishment Collection: Lese Majeste - Tableau I (colour litho)

Lese Majeste - Tableau I (colour litho)
964636 Lese Majeste - Tableau I (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lese Majeste - Tableau I. From Truth, 25 December 1897.); © Look and Learn

Background imagePunishment Collection: PROMETHEUS. Prometheus and the ocean nymphs

PROMETHEUS. Prometheus and the ocean nymphs. Line engraving, 19th century, after a sculpture by Eduard Muller

Background imagePunishment Collection: Ducking a Scold

Ducking a Scold - or Duckynge a Scolde. Cartoon showing the medieval practice of ducking women to punish them for a nagging tongue. Date: 1913

Background imagePunishment Collection: ALPHONSE CAPONE (1899-1947). American gangster

ALPHONSE CAPONE (1899-1947). American gangster. Photographed after having been arrested in Miami, Florida, c1930

Background imagePunishment Collection: Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire

Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
A general view of Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, originally built as a House of Correction in 1594

Background imagePunishment Collection: Convict Hulk Gallery

Convict Hulk Gallery
View of the convict hulk, " The Warrior", docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men

Background imagePunishment Collection: Apocalypse Tapestry or Apocalypse of Angers, 1375-80 (tapestry)

Apocalypse Tapestry or Apocalypse of Angers, 1375-80 (tapestry)
CUL4926666 Apocalypse Tapestry or Apocalypse of Angers, 1375-80 (tapestry) by Bataille, Nicolas (fl)

Background imagePunishment Collection: Man in doghouse

Man in doghouse

Background imagePunishment Collection: Interior of the British prisoner ship

Interior of the British prisoner ship
BRITISH PRISON SHIP. Interior of the British prisoner ship, HMS Jersey, anchored off Brooklyn during the British occupation of New York during the American Revolutionary War

Background imagePunishment Collection: Main gateway, Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall

Main gateway, Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
The imposing main gateway at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Background imagePunishment Collection: Corridor and cell doors, Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall

Corridor and cell doors, Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
The main corridor and cell doors at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall

Background imagePunishment Collection: Convict Ship

Convict Ship
The Convict Ship success in Melbourne, Australia

Background imagePunishment Collection: Brixton purgatory, 1822

Brixton purgatory, 1822. Prisoners Theodore Hook, William Cobbett, Henry Hunt and Thomas Wooler on the treadmill at Brixton Prison

Background imagePunishment Collection: In Disgrace by Muriel Dawson

In Disgrace by Muriel Dawson
A small blonde child is made to stand facing the wall in disgrace after some apparent misdemeanour in the nursery or school room

Background imagePunishment Collection: Bermuda Ireland Island

Bermuda Ireland Island
Ireland Island fortifications and dockyards in Bermuda, showing transported convicts arriving to serve their penance

Background imagePunishment Collection: Millbank Prison / Ackerman

Millbank Prison / Ackerman
Millbank prison was conceived by Jeremy Bentham whose goal was that prisoners would receive just punishment while developing an appreciation of labour. It was completed in 1821

Background imagePunishment Collection: hands of teacher holding cane in the schoolclass

hands of teacher holding cane in the schoolclass Great Britain England London Battersea Secondary School pupils sitting on the floor of the Assembly Hall teacher with cane Grossbritannien London

Background imagePunishment Collection: Jesus before Pilate's court

Jesus before Pilate's court
DGA755730 Jesus before Pilate's court, statues by Giovanni d'Enrico (1559-1644) and frescoes by Antonio d'Enrico known as Tanzio Varallo (1575-1635), Chapel XXVII

Background imagePunishment Collection: China, c. 1900: 2 condemned are placed on a wood cross

China, c. 1900: 2 condemned are placed on a wood cross
PVD1690417 China, c. 1900: 2 condemned are placed on a wood cross, kept by their hair through a hole at the top of the cross and ropes, photo by E.H. Wilson; (add.info.: China, c)

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Last Judgment, fresco by Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564

The Last Judgment, fresco by Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564, Italy, Vatican City, Sistine Chapel, Circa 1536-41

Background imagePunishment Collection: Convicted women behind bars in a communal cell in the Angeles District Jail

Convicted women behind bars in a communal cell in the Angeles District Jail, The Phillipines Convicted women behind bars in a communal cell in the Angeles District Jail, The Phillipines

Background imagePunishment Collection: The Sleeper Awakened

The Sleeper Awakened. Abu-al-Hasan orders that the Sheiks of the district should be taken to be impaled on the back of a mangy camel. Date: 1914

Background imagePunishment Collection: Christ on the Cross, Le coup de lance, 1620. Creator: Anthony van Dyck

Christ on the Cross, Le coup de lance, 1620. Creator: Anthony van Dyck
Christ on the Cross, Le coup de lance, 1620

Background imagePunishment Collection: Calvary, 1832. Creator: Nicaise de Keyser

Calvary, 1832. Creator: Nicaise de Keyser
Calvary, 1832

Background imagePunishment Collection: Christ on the Cross, c1627. Creator: Anthony van Dyck

Christ on the Cross, c1627. Creator: Anthony van Dyck
Christ on the Cross, c1627

Background imagePunishment Collection: Calvary, 1565. Creator: Lambert van Noort

Calvary, 1565. Creator: Lambert van Noort
Calvary, 1565

Background imagePunishment Collection: Calvary, c1580-1630. Creator: Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Calvary, c1580-1630. Creator: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Calvary, c1580-1630



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Punishment: A Journey Through Time and Consequences" Step into the world of punishment, where Dante's Divine Comedy sets the stage for an exploration of human transgressions. From the captivating frontispiece depicting Dante's descent into Hell to Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa's haunting portrayal of The Thief, we witness the consequences that await those who stray from righteousness. H. M. Prison in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire stands as a solemn reminder of society's need for retribution. Its imposing walls echo with tales of remorse and redemption, while Wandsworth Prison in southwest London serves as a testament to the enduring struggle between justice and rehabilitation. In Novgorod Icon's Last Judgment, tempera on wood captures the divine judgment awaiting souls at their final reckoning. Meanwhile, Pentonville Prison in Islington paints a stark picture of confinement and isolation within its cold confines. Giovanni Segantini's evocative painting "The Punishment of Luxury" transports us to an era when excess was met with harsh retribution. As we gaze upon this masterpiece from 1891 (1935), we ponder how societal norms shape our perception of wrongdoing. "The Garden of Earthly Delights, " an oil-on-panel masterpiece by Hieronymus Bosch dating back to 1490-1500, reveals a surreal landscape where sinners face unimaginable torments, and is here that punishment takes on grotesque forms beyond our wildest imagination. Yet amidst these somber depictions lies Jean-Louis David's poignant "The Death of Socrates. " This oil-on-canvas artwork reminds us that sometimes they are be borne out by great minds challenging oppressive systems – a sacrifice made for truth and justice. Finally, we glimpse into history with Colonial families banished from Puritan Massachusetts during the 1600s – exiled for their perceived transgressions against religious orthodoxy. Their story serves as a cautionary tale, reminding us that they are be a tool of control and conformity.

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