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Illustrated catalogue of the original collection of instruments of torture from the Royal Castle of Nuremberg : amongst which will be found the original Iron Maiden (Eiserne Jungfrau), lent for exhibition by the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]
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Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.
Reference: 11044i
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A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579704i
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A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579686i
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The execution of iustice in England for maintenaunce of publique and Christian peace, against certeine stirrers of sedition, and adherents to the traytors and enemies of the realme, without any persecution of them for questions of religion, as is falsely reported and published by the fautors and fosterers of their treasons.
William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyDate: [1583 [i.e. 1584]]
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A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573825i
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A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.
Frank DaddDate: [1896]Reference: 586391i
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The prisoner, who is kept in a small slatted wooden box is has his judgement read to him while he stretches his hands through the slats in a pleading gesture. Lithograph after J.P. Moynet.
Jean-Pierre MoynetReference: 43272i
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A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.
William AlexanderDate: 1814Reference: 579904i
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Defensa de la tortura y leyes patrias que la establecieron : e inpugnacion del tratado que escribio contra ella el doctor D. Alfonso Maria de Acevedo / Su autor, don Pedro de Castro.
Castro, Pedro de, canon of SevilleDate: 1778
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Journey into madness : medical torture and the mind controllers / Gordon Thomas.
Gordon ThomasDate: 1988
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A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.
Reference: 25031i
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A Chinese man seated with his neck fastened in a cangue or pillory; a whip at his feet and houses in the background. Aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.
William AlexanderDate: Jany. 1814Reference: 579739i
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A Chinese man with a cangue around his left arm and right leg is about to be whipped. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 579740i
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A man in Egypt tied to a stake receives a beating with wooden bats. Lithograph by Edouard after J.J. Rifaud.
Jean-Jacques RifaudDate: 1830Reference: 46783i
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Christ bound and beaten by Jews. Etching by Heinrich Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1850.
Johann Friedrich OverbeckDate: 1850Reference: 23574i
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A Chinese man imprisoned with bound hands and feet is reclining on a bench. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
Date: 1 Jany. 1801Reference: 579702i
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Iustitia Britannica : Per quam liquet perspicue aliquot in eo regno perditos ciues, seditionis & armorum ciuilium authores, regníq[ue] hostium propugnatores acerrimos, vt communi Ecclesiæ reiq[ue] publicæ paci, cautius prospiceretur, morte mulcatatos esse: propter religionem vero, aut cæremonias Romanas, neminem in capitis discrimen vocatum: licet ab aduersarijs secus multò, & admodum malitiosè publicetur. Perscriptum primo in nostrate lingua, deinde versum in Latinam.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598. Execution of justice in EnglandDate: Anno M.D.LXXXIIII. [1584] Anno regni Reginæ Elizabethæ XXVI. Mense Martio
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'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.
Reference: 17520i
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The guineapigs / John McGuffin.
McGuffin, JohnDate: 1974
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Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.
Q215305Date: M.D.L.X. [1560]Reference: 43430i
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Chinese methods of torture and punishment. Paintings by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582331i
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King Charles II. Etching after J. Chantry.
Chantry, John, -1662?Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 2042953i
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Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Jacques CallotDate: [1730]Reference: 44130i
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Torture.
Date: [1991-]

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Illustrated catalogue of the original collection of instruments of torture from the Royal Castle of Nuremberg : amongst which will be found the original Iron Maiden (Eiserne Jungfrau), lent for exhibition by the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.

Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.

A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

The prisoner, who is kept in a small slatted wooden box is has his judgement read to him while he stretches his hands through the slats in a pleading gesture. Lithograph after J.P. Moynet.

A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

Defensa de la tortura y leyes patrias que la establecieron : e inpugnacion del tratado que escribio contra ella el doctor D. Alfonso Maria de Acevedo / Su autor, don Pedro de Castro.

Journey into madness : medical torture and the mind controllers / Gordon Thomas.

A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.

A Chinese man seated with his neck fastened in a cangue or pillory; a whip at his feet and houses in the background. Aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

A Chinese man with a cangue around his left arm and right leg is about to be whipped. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.

A man in Egypt tied to a stake receives a beating with wooden bats. Lithograph by Edouard after J.J. Rifaud.

Christ bound and beaten by Jews. Etching by Heinrich Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1850.

A Chinese man imprisoned with bound hands and feet is reclining on a bench. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.

The guineapigs / John McGuffin.

Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.

Chinese methods of torture and punishment. Paintings by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

King Charles II. Etching after J. Chantry.

Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

Torture.