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Brutality Collection

Background imageBrutality Collection: Mandingo ritual of Mumbo Jumbo, Kolor

Mandingo ritual of Mumbo Jumbo, Kolor
A Mandingo polygamist in a suit of tree bark beats one of his wives in the brutal ritual of Mumbo Jumbo, Kolor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Background imageBrutality Collection: Cartoon Cartoons Dark Kaiser Caricature German

Cartoon Cartoons Dark Kaiser Caricature German
cartoon, cartoons, dark, kaiser, caricature, german, brutality, germans, anti, horseback, ww1, wwi, first, world, war, one, 1st, i, great, emperor, wilhelm, ii, death, grisly, illustration, knight

Background imageBrutality Collection: ROYAL ARTILLERY MEMORIAL

ROYAL ARTILLERY MEMORIAL
The Royal Artillery Memorial at London's Hyde Park Corner was designed by Charles Sargeant Jagger from 1921-25, depicting both the brutality of war and artillery's power

Background imageBrutality Collection: THE WOLF AS SHEPHERD

THE WOLF AS SHEPHERD One of Dores finest illust- -rations, simply taken at face value, and at the same time a powerful allegory of brute force hiding its brutality

Background imageBrutality Collection: Matchmakers Demo - 1871

Matchmakers Demo - 1871
THE MATCHMAKERS PROCESSION This demonstration in London against working conditions led to reforms, but also to charges of police brutality Date: May 1871

Background imageBrutality Collection: YEMEN. SANA A. Sana. Yemeni adobe architecture

YEMEN. SANA A. Sana. Yemeni adobe architecture

Background imageBrutality Collection: German Kultur by Edmund Sullivan

German Kultur by Edmund Sullivan
The Beast Breaks Loose - Kultur as it appears to Edmund J. Sullivan. The brutish, monstrous German soldier envisaged by Edmund Sullivan as a huge, hulking gorilla like monster

Background imageBrutality Collection: MATCHMAKERS DEMO / 1871

MATCHMAKERS DEMO / 1871
THE MATCHMAKERS PROCESSION This demonstration in London against working conditions led to reforms, but also to charges of police brutality

Background imageBrutality Collection: Events / Ancient Rome / 390

Events / Ancient Rome / 390
Emperor of the Eastern Empire Theodosius I, is humiliated by Ambrose after the brutality at Salonica. Date: 390

Background imageBrutality Collection: Cartoon, The Salesman, WW1

Cartoon, The Salesman, WW1
Cartoon, The Salesman, flirting with a customer as she tries on some gloves. Behind the salesman is a shadow of German soldiers with severed hands skewered on a sword. Date: 1915

Background imageBrutality Collection: Suffragettes Ejected Canford Park 1909

Suffragettes Ejected Canford Park 1909. Scene at Canford Park, Dorset, 2nd August, 1909, Suffragette escorted by policeman away from Liberal fete. Annie Kenney and others tried to question W.S

Background imageBrutality Collection: Graphic cover featuring the Kaiser by Edmund Sullivan

Graphic cover featuring the Kaiser by Edmund Sullivan
Front cover of The Graphic newspaper featuring an illustration by Edmund Sullivan depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II as a brutal giant, marching across Europe

Background imageBrutality Collection: Lithuanian Jews

Lithuanian Jews
150, 000 Jews are expelled from Lithuania (at this time part of Russia), by the orders of tsar Nikolai I, with the greatest brutality. Date: 1844

Background imageBrutality Collection: Police brutality, Satire

Police brutality, Satire. Spain

Background imageBrutality Collection: A Painful Subject - silhouette by Konewka

A Painful Subject - silhouette by Konewka
Silhouette of a teacher brutally thrashing his pupil by the German silhouettist Konewka Date: c.1830

Background imageBrutality Collection: Warsaw Riots - 2

Warsaw Riots - 2
When a patriotic demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle, Warsaw, the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Background imageBrutality Collection: Warsaw Riots - 1

Warsaw Riots - 1
A demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle : the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Background imageBrutality Collection: Russian Brutality

Russian Brutality
A religious procession from the church of the Bernardins is suspected by the Russians of being a political demonstration, and dispersed with the usual brutality

Background imageBrutality Collection: Terrorist V Zassulich

Terrorist V Zassulich
Vera Zasulich (1849-1919), a leading nihilist, shoots and wounds police chief Trepov in retaliation for his brutality : she is tried but acquitted by a sympathetic court

Background imageBrutality Collection: Peasant Insurgents

Peasant Insurgents
In the Orel district peasants raid the farms of wealthy landowners : the rioters are crushed by the Governor and his Cossacks with great brutality

Background imageBrutality Collection: Terrorist V Zasulich

Terrorist V Zasulich
Vera Zasulich (1849-1919), a leading nihilist, shoots and wounds police chief Trepov in retaliation for his brutality : she is tried but acquitted by a sympathetic court

Background imageBrutality Collection: London match workers protesting against tax

London match workers protesting against tax
When London match workers protest against a proposed tax on matches, police break up the demonstration with unnecessary violence

Background imageBrutality Collection: Sicilian Vespers 1282

Sicilian Vespers 1282
SICILIAN VESPERS The French at the court of Charles d Anjou, in Sicily, are massacred, due to the tyranny and brutality of the French

Background imageBrutality Collection: Ireland / Lancers / 1870

Ireland / Lancers / 1870
Lancers clearing the streets during the Longford election

Background imageBrutality Collection: Chicago Rail Strike

Chicago Rail Strike
During the strike, a train departs under the protection of volunteer policemen, armed with guns : the strike is opposed with great brutality by the railway companies


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