Strangling Collection

Hercules Strangling the Snake. 1st c. ITALY. Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco

The American Twins, or North and South
North grapples with south as America is depicted at war with its own flesh and blood. Date: 1856

Satirical cartoon with Turkish and German soldiers, WW1
A satirical cartoon showing a fat German soldier strangling a thin Turkish soldier during the First World War. The cartoon (in French) reads: The brave Turk is afraid of no-one

Strangling of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham
Newspaper article, Strangling (with a misprint!) of the Beer Bill by Lord Brougham and other peers in the House of Lords. The writer claims that many families will be ruined as a result

Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakes
THE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system

Bonzo the Peace-Maker by George Studdy
Bonzo the Peace-Maker -- he stops a fight and gets it in the neck from two pekingese dogs. Date: 1924

A scene from the play Denise by Alexandre Dumas
A dramatic scene from the theatre production, showing a man trying to strangle his victim. Date: 1885

Monopolies Kill Commerce
Commerce is strangled by the monopolists - the coffee-ring, the spirit-ring, the copper- ring, the oil-ring

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