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

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

1800-1899

Reference

573825i

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.

Date

[1896]

Reference

586391i

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.

Date

25/8/55 [25 August 1955]

Reference

2970724i

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.

Reference

43272i

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.

Date

1814

Reference

579904i

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.

Date

1778

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

Reference

25031i

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.

Date

Jany. 1814

Reference

579739i

A Egyptian is tied to a stake receiving a beating with wooden bats. Lithograph by Edouard after E. Rigaud.

Reference

46783i

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

Date

1850

Reference

23574i

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

Reference

17520i

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.

Date

M.D.L.X. [1560]

Reference

43430i

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

Date

1850

Reference

582331i

King Charles II. Etching after J. Chantry.

Date

[between 1800 and 1899?]

Reference

2042953i

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

Date

[1730]

Reference

44130i

Torture.

Date

[1991-]

Prisoners of the Tchaudor tribe having their eyes cut out with a knife in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Wood engraving by F.-J. Gauchard after É. Bayard, ca. 1868.

Date

1868

Reference

581944i

The torture of William Lithgow in the dungeons of the Inquisition in Malaga in 1620. Line engraving with etching by W. Raddon after Craig.

Date

30 July 1814

Reference

43526i

A Chinese woman being subjected to torture while tied to a cross: blood is seen ematating from the woman's eyes and mouth and her torturer is shown standing besided her. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?

Date

1800-1899

Reference

573826i

Christ beaten and mocked before Caiaphas. Etching by J. Callot, 1630.

Date

1630

Reference

23002i

Two Chinese prisoners, shackled to large weights: one prisoner sits on a bench tea, while the other fans the flames of a small furnace. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?

Date

1800-1899

Reference

573823i

The body in pain : the making and unmaking of the world / Elaine Scarry.

Date

1985

Soldiers pillaging a village. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

Date

[1730]

Reference

44111i

A woman being immured by a man, or released from immurement; blocks of stone are on the ground. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.

Date

1/9/55 [1 September 1955]

Reference

2969682i