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Violence

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  • A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.
  • A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.
  • Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • John 'Buckhorse' Smith, a man who allowed people to hit him in exchange for a small sum of money. Etching.
  • Roman soldiers beat Christ before the high priest. Line engraving by J. Sadeler, 1589, after C. Schwartz.
  • A little dog attacking the ear of a blood-hound; representing doctor-patient relationships. Lithograph after E.H. Moore.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A naked woman, trapped on a ledge on a cliff and chained to a bomb, tries to escape from a fiery explosion. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.

    Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957. | Date: 25/8/55 [25 August 1955] | Reference: 2970724i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
    • Books

    Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

    | Date: 1985
    • Books

    World report on violence and health : summary.

    | Date: 2002
    • Books

    Animal rights/human rights : entanglements of oppression and liberation / David Nibert.

    Nibert, David Alan, 1953- | Date: [2002], ©2002
    • Books

    Women's Aid Federation England information pack.

    Women's Aid Federation of England. | Date: [1991?]
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