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The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y CostaPostcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain
Clan MacdonaldClan MACDONALD OF THE ISLES clad in a coat of chain-mail, the chieftain with an angry look gives orders for some miscreant to be punished
Dante & Virgil on IceVirgil is Dantes guide on a tour of Inferno; they come across some evildoers punished by being placed up to their necks in ice
Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musicianA Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute
Vestal Virgin PunishedOppia, one of Romes Vestal Virgins, is buried alive for no longer being one
HELLThose who were guilty of avarice during their lifetimes are punished by being boiled in cauldrons of burning oil and molten lead
Gambling / Dice / USA / 1863American Civil War soldiers are punished for gambling by being compelled to gamble
Joust between Duke of Norfolk and Duke of HerefordA joust between Thomas Mowbray, the Duke of Norfolk and Henry Bolingbroke, the Duke of Hereford at Gosford Green in Coventry on 16th September 1398 to settle an argument is disrupted by King Richard
DANTE IN HELLVirgil is Dantes guide on a tour of Inferno; they come across some evildoers punished by being placed up to their necks in ice
GOLDMARK/SABA LIEBIG 4Act 3 scene 4 : the queen of Sheba, though concealing her love for Assad, asks Solomon to release him from prison, but he refuses saying that Assad must be punished. Date: first performed 1875
EVIL-DOERS PUNISHEDA man who took the name of God in vain, and another who violated the Sabbath by plucking a few straws in the fields, are stoned to death - such is God's Law !
ARISTAEUS & EURYDICEAristaeus takes a fancy to Eurydice : fleeing his unwelcome attentions, she treads on a snake which bites her fatally : she dies, and Aristaeus is punished Date:
BASKET SACRIFICE, DAHOMEYIn the Basket Sacrifice of Dahomey, captives from other tribes are tied in a basket and thrown down from a tower to the eager crowd below... Date: circa 1860
Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Spanker!"Yachting Terms Illustrated - " A Spanker!" A housewife reacts with furious anger to the indiscretions of her younger son, who has spilt black ink all over her pressed white tablecloth
The punishment of Adoni-Bezek, a Canaanite king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, was attacked by the armies of Judah and Simeon and suffered the same fate
Flogging of a Persian criminal Date: circa 1910s
Jakarta, Indonesia - A public Flogging. The unlucky recipent of this punishment (a chained prisoner) has been tied to a tall frame
Irish WitchIn England, spirit mediums live off the fat of the land, while in Ireland, so-called witches are punished Date: 1865
The Stocks at Havering-atte-Bower, Romford, London, England Date: circa 1904
Young boy punished - Russia - Elizabeth BemPunished for Lying A young Russian boy with a mischievous glint in his eye thinks up some more daring do whilst writing out some lines as punishment for crying wolf.... Date: 1915
Female convict in cell, Millbank PrisonA female convict in a cell at Millbank Prison, London. She is wearing a canvas dress and is being punished for tearing her normal clothes. Date: 1862
Highwaymen punishedA new plan is proposed fo the punishment of highwaymen by hard labour on the roads. Date: 18th Century
12th Century HellA medieval conception of Hell, with the sinners being rounded up and punished in various unpleasant ways
Atlas Carrying WorldAtlas, a Titan who was punished for rebelling against the Gods by being made to carry the heavens on his shoulders; later he was turned to stone, becoming the Atlas Mountains
Sodomites Go BlindThe people of Sodom are punished for their wicked ways by being struck blind
Vesalius PunishedANDREAS VESALIUS accused by the inquisition of dissecting a living man, he is condemned to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Date: 1514 - 1564
Annoying teenager booted out of the front door for his own good after one minor indiscretion too many....!! Date: 1909
The Fables of Bidpai. Fol. 4: The punished thief
GREUZE, Jean Baptiste (1725-1805). The Punished Son (Le Fils Puni ). Rococo art. Oil on canvas
England / LingfieldThe village lock-up, beside the road and adjoining the pond, Lingfield, Surrey, England. Here delinquents and the like were punished. Originally a wayside shrine. Date: 1930s
Heads of captured Greek banditsA gruesome engraving showing the severed heads of seven Greek captured bandits nailed to a wall. 1870s
Mime PunishedScene Three : Mime is punished by Alberich
Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasserA life-like effigy of the famous Gunpowder Plot conspirator reprimands a schoolboy who has trespassed, having climbed a ladder over a fence to take fruit from the store shed
Norman RiotersNormans involved in Paris riots are punished in the pillory, which will not be destroyed until the Revolution
Thumbs & Toes Cut OffAdoni-Bezek, king of Jeru- salem, is defeated, captured, and punished by having his thumbs and big toes cut off : but spare your tears, thats just what he did to others
Gluttony PunishedCovetous men and women are pushed into cauldrons full of boiling lead and oil - illustration to Julian Notarys edition of the Shepherds Calendar
Lechery PunishedLechers are tormented by devils - illustration to Julian Notarys edition of the Shepherds Calendar
Judas PunishedTheres a limit to how forgiving God can be, and Judas is condemned to perch on this rock throughout eternity, meditating on his wickedness
Christmas DancersDancers on Christmas Night are punished for their impiety, and condemned to dance for a whole year - a legend of the 15th century
Dainaides PunishedThe Danaides, all but one of whom murdered their husbands on their wedding night, are condemned to spend eternity in hell fetching water in vessels with holes in them
Joshua Takes AiJoshua at first fails to take the city of Ai due to Achans sin, but when he has been punished, the Israelites are victorious
Skimmington CustomAt the Skimmington, or Stang, nagging wives are punished by being carried round in procession for all to mock
Abimelech AfflictedBecause he has - albeit unwittingly - lain with Sarah, Abrahams wife (he said she was his sister) Abimelech is punished with infertility by God
Vizir who was PunishedFish, fish, are you doing your duty ? - the mysterious damsel upsets the frying-pan in which the magic fish are about to be fried for the Sultans supper
GREEDY CATA cat is about to be punished for helping himself to milk at the dairy
Prometheus & FireAgainst the wishes of Zeus - hence the lightning flashes ! - Prometheus brings fire to mankind, as well as the arts. For this he is punished, but mankind keeps the fire
Buddhas Foes PunishedSIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) - his family enemies are punished by friendly heavenly powers, albeit in a rather unforgiving manner
Pyne - Peer of the RealmA PEER OF THE REALM Besides his personal attrib- -utes he has many privileges, including freedom from arrest for many crimes for which you or I would be punished
Heliodorus FlagellatedHELIODORUS Syrian courtier, ordered by Seeleucus Philopator to loot the Jewish temple at Jerusalem, is punished by angels who flog him severely
The Gates of HellSaint Michael turns the key in the gates of Hell, locking the damned inside to be punished for ever, and ever, and ever
HELLThose who were guilty of lustfulness during their lifetimes are punished by being thrust into tubs full of fire and sulphur
HELLThose who were guilty of gluttony during their lifetimes are punished by being forced to swallow toads and other venomous creatures
HELLThose who were guilty of idleness during their lifetimes are punished by being bitten by sharp-fanged serpents
HELLThose who were guilty of wrath during their lifetimes are punished by being pierced by pointed lances
HELLThose who were guilty of envy during their lifetimes are punished by being immersed in a freezing lake
