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Christmas Day in the WorkhouseIllustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877
KETTLE CATA ginger cat about to be boiled in a kettle on the kitchen hob!
Start of a Cock Fight Date: circa 1906
Pyrenean Woman force-feeding a goose in order to fatten up the liver of the bird for making foie gras pate. Date: circa 1910s
The Crickhowell Hunt, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesMembers of the Crickhowell Hunt with horses and hounds on a country lane near Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
Dancing bears in the High Street, Crickhowell, Mid WalesTwo dancing bears and their owners, and several interested spectators, in the High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
MOVE ON POLICE SATIREA cruel satire aimed at the Commissioners of Police, features a skeleton in a policemans uniform moving on a starving, homeless woman and her baby
BOY PLAYS IN MASK C1870A boy in a grotesque mask frightens his little sister Date: circa 1870
Gossips Bridle - The Brank - Lancaster Castle - Iron mask used to punish scolds (last used in 1826) - seen here mounted on Adrians Tower. Date: 1911
Rhinoceros Hunting, Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, AfricaThe sad result of early 20th century Rhinoceros Hunting at Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1909
Lion Shooting in Sudan, AfricaThe sad result of Lion Hunting/Shooting in Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1909
Man riding a small donkeyA man riding a small donkey which is quite possibly smaller than he is!
Hamburg workhouse - punishment of inmatesAn illustration of the punishment meted out to idle paupers at the Hamburg workhouse in 1777. Offenders were placed in a large basket suspended by a rope over the dining hall table while the more
Cruel ModelHead and shoulders portrait of a dark haired woman who appears to be topless. Date: late 1960s
The Story of Cruel Joseph - Joseph ChamberlainThe Story of Cruel Joseph. Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) as the political menace, making trouble for Tories and Radicals
Cambodia - Water Buffalo and hanging elephants feetCambodia - A small settlement with Water Buffalo and a rack of hanging elephants feet - destined to become fashionable western furniture items - (see picture 10528268). Date: circa 1910s
Peter I The Cruel (1334-1369). Kinf of Castile" Peter I " The Cruel" (1334-1369). Kinf of Castile and Leon (1350-1366). Statue in prayer. International gothic. Sculpture on marble. SPAIN. Madrid
Don Pedro el Cruel consultando un horpo (PeterDon Pedro el Cruel consultando un hor po (Peter of Castile, the Cruel, looking up an horoscope). Romanticism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Cᤩ z. Museo de Cᤩ z
GUESCLIN, Bertrand du (1315-1380). French general supporting Charles V of France. He fought against the English army and supported Henry of Trastamara in his war against Pedro the Cruel
Elephants feet and trunk as furniture items displayed in the Mysore Court, Indian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924 Date: 1924
Doctor Faustus was a good man, he whipped his scholars now and then. When he whipped them he made them dance, out of Scotland into France, out of France into Spain
British Ballad, The Cruel SisterTHE CRUEL SISTER (The Twa Sisters - The Miller and the Kings Daughter) British ballad first known to have appeared on a broadside in 1656
Bull with ring and chainA rather sad looking bull with a ring in its nose and a chain round its head
Lynx caught in trapA lynx is caught by the leg in a steel jaw trap