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  • The defeat and mutilation of Adoni-bezek. Engraving by J. Garrido after A. Martinez.
  • A woman caught in a spider web: female genital mutilation in Sudan. Colour lithograph by Ahfad Reproductive Health Centre, ca. 1999.
  • A white chart containing Arabic text about female genital mutilation in Sudan. Colour lithograph by Ahfad Reproductive Health Centre, ca. 1999.
  • Campaign against female genital mutilation in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by A. Rachid and A. Djama for Ministère de la Santé MGF project, ca. 2010.
  • Campaign against female genital mutilation in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by A. Rachid and A. Djama for Ministère de la Santé MGF project, ca. 2010.
  • Various forms of mutilation and torture including scourging, beheading, burning, hanging, drowning, quartering, the cutting off of hands and ears, and the breaking on the rack. Woodcut.
  • A woman shielding her face with her hand from a razor dripping with blood: female genital mutilation in Sudan. Colour lithograph by Ahfad Reproductive Health Centre, ca. 1999.
  • Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation: (left to right) a man hitting his head with a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a man with his head stuck in a block. Engraving after J. Nieuhof.
  • Top: Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation, one (left) kneeling to hit his head against a rock, and the other (right) with burning herbs on his head; below, a monk being whipped as a punishment for promiscuity. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after B. Picart after J. Nieuhof.
  • Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation}: (left to right) two men hitting their heads against each other; a man kneeling to hit his head against a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a standing man hitting his head with a rock. Engraving after J. Nieuhof.
  • Chinese men seeking alms by threatening to kill themselves by self-mutilation}: (left to right) two men hitting their heads against each other; a man kneeling to hit his head against a rock; a man with burning herbs on his head; a standing man hitting his head with a rock. Engraving after J. Nieuhof.
  • Faustin Marneffe : grand mutilé invalide de guerre, 446, l'Hermite, Braine-l'Alleud.
  • Faustin Marneffe : grand mutilé invalide de guerre, 446, l'Hermite, Braine-l'Alleud.
  • Mongolian soldiers crucifying and mutilating civilians in a coastal town. Etching [by Romeyn de Hooghe].
  • A Turkish army taking a town fortification mutilating, flaying and disembowelling their enemies behind the lines. Etching.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome. Oil painting attributed to Pieter de Grebber.
  • An x-ray technician's hand, mutilated with dermatitis, after habitual work with x-ray apparatus at the Royal London Hospital. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • Afghanistan: the retinue of Shah Shoojau-Ool-Moolk, including his Chief Executioner and a Mutilator. Lithograph by L. Haghe after L.W. Hart, 1843.
  • With the compliments of Smith's Potato Crisps : mount the two jockeys on the two horses without bending, cutting, or in anyway mutilating the cards : it can be done - try it.
  • With the compliments of Smith's Potato Crisps : mount the two jockeys on the two horses without bending, cutting, or in anyway mutilating the cards : it can be done - try it.
  • With the compliments of Smith's Potato Crisps : mount the two jockeys on the two horses without bending, cutting, or in anyway mutilating the cards : it can be done - try it.
  • With the compliments of Smith's Potato Crisps : mount the two jockeys on the two horses without bending, cutting, or in anyway mutilating the cards : it can be done - try it.
  • With the compliments of Smith's Potato Crisps : mount the two jockeys on the two horses without bending, cutting, or in anyway mutilating the cards : it can be done - try it.
  • Prince Arthur, the grandson of King Henry II of England, clings to his guardian Hubert de Burgh, who is reluctant to allow the prince to be blinded and mutilated as ordered by King John. Mezzotint by T. Lupton after J. Northcote.
  • Rosie Ground (Cut nose), a Blackfeet Indian. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1926.