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
HUNTING/FOX/THE MEETAT THE MEET Date: 1902
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
Black Beauty 1967Front cover design by Roger Hall, for a 1967 edition of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, originally published in 1877
Nobody Loves Me by George StuddyA wet and bedraggled Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, is found tied to a lamp post in the pouring rain and forgotten by a policeman with a torch
Mental Cruelty by H. M. BatemanA banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter
KETTLE CATA ginger cat about to be boiled in a kettle on the kitchen hob!
Attila the HunATTILA, KING OF THE HUNS Leader of an Empire stretching from the Netherlands to the Urals. Seen as the epitome of cruelty in Western Europe, but lionized in Eastern Europe
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 - Constantinople, TurkeyTwo attendants/musicians with their dancing bears, performing on their hind legs in Constantinople, Turkey
Black Beauty US 1st EdFront cover of the American first edition of Black Beauty published in America by the American Humane Education Society. Date: 1890
Horse-Trams Versus BusesOLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer
CHILD LABOUR IN MINESCyclopaedia of Useful Arts showing children working down the mines, with a small boy acting as a "trapper" opening an air door for a truck to 1841
Cock-throwing on Shove TuesdayCock throwing on Shove Tuesday, also known as cock-shying or throwing at cocks, was a blood sport widely practised in England, where a rooster was tied to a post
Flossie and her Bear behind (!) go for a stroll along the promenade. Rather coarse seaside humour. Date: 1903
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
Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, SurreyThe Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, Surrey. Publican John Tupper (1817-1903) was celebrated for his breeding of sporting dogs and game cocks
Swimming a WitchThe art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but
French Propaganda postcard - WWIA French propaganda card from the end of the First World War, depicting a defiant Marianne, ordering Kaiser Wilhelm II ( The Cruel )
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
The Hung. Table 11. Illustration from The miseries" The Hung. Table 11. Illustration from " The miseries of war", 1633, series based on the Thirty Years War. Engraving."
Bear pit, Berne, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
A street riot on Giltspur Street, LondonCrowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl
Elephants feet and trunk as furniture items displayed in the Mysore Court, Indian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924 Date: 1924
RSPCA prize-giving by Princess LouisePrincess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (4th daughter of Queen Victoria) giving the prizes of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the annual meeting of the society in St Jamess
Campaigning against animal cruelty, 1940sCampaigners against animal cruelty demonstrating with greyhound dogs and several placards. 1940s
Performing seals at a circus, c. 1890Talented performing seals of c. 1890 shown playing musical instruments, smoking pipes and even firing cannons! Date: c.1890
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
Bull with ring and chainA rather sad looking bull with a ring in its nose and a chain round its head
