Violent Collection (page 2)

Wrecked train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
A troop train in Llanelli, Wales, wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed. What started out as a peaceful strike by railway workers in Llanelli turned

Debris following Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
Newspapers strewn over the railway lines, with a train in the background wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed

Bandits in medieval Germany
A chaotic scene in the aftermath of a stagecoach attack made by bandits in medieval Germany. Date: Medieval

Bumpy Lunar Landscape
The craters of extinct volcanoes testify to the violent past of the Moon. Date: circa 1880

Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
Numerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910

Comic postcard, couple in a trashed room -- Oh John, you were drunk last night! -- Try and forget it! Date: circa 1900s

Gown and Town row at Oxford, 1845, where a punch up between students and a group of non-university locals is taking place in the street. 1845

At A Stepmothers Mercy, by Ward Bailey, first produced at the Metropolitan Theatre, Manchester, March 1916. In the mill at Dead Mans Pool, Barbara Holcroft attacks her stepdaughter

Football Thuggery - the nature of the real game at hand as the players of the opposing sides knock lumps out of each other

Cartoon, One of the Lords of the Creation -- a man is angry with his wife as he doesn t think the mutton has been fully cooked. 1827

Tide damage, Sainte-Marie - Island of Reunion - Indian Ocean
Sainte-Marie - Island of Reunion - Indian Ocean. This postcard shows the railway tracks washed away by a particularly violent high tide. 1909

At Close Quarters in the Bull Ring by Edmund Blampied
Artists impression of a tussle in the famous bull-ring at San Sebastian, where a bull has forced the matadors luckless steed up against the side of the arena

Suffragette at Buckingham Palace. A struggle with police at the railings. Date: 1914

Medieval era. Craps players. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meur
Medieval society. Craps players. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meurs by Jacques Le Grand (m.1415). French school

Relief of gladiators. About 30 BC. The slab probably belongs to a grave memorial and recalls the extravagant gladiator fights sponsored by the deceased. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Duck, frog and egg on a comic card
The mother duck attacks the frog with her egg in its mouth -- A Fowl Blow. (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with two frogs in the moonlight. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Porphyry Tyre / Moncornet
PORPHYRY OF TYRE Greek scholar and neo- Platonist philosopher, a violent opponent of Christianity Date: circa 234 - 305

Porphyry Tyre / Moraine?
PORPHYRY OF TYRE Greek scholar and neo- Platonist philosopher, a violent opponent of Christianity Date: circa 234 - 305

Zodiac / Gemini (Maxims)
portrayed as two sandwichmen involved in a violent exchange of views! Date: 1887

China - Tien Tsin Ruins
Lantern slide of Tien Tsin Ruins. The Tientsin Massacre (Tianjin Religious Case), one of the most important missionary incidents of the late Qing Dynasty

HMS Violent, British destroyer
HMS Violent (D57), British V-class destroyer. Date: circa 1920s

Suffragette Opinions Campaign Cats. Suffragette cartoon, Jane Ann converts the village to Suffragette Opinions, with campaigning and somewhat violent cats. Date: 1912

Menace of Cloudland by G. H. Davis
Cumulo-nimbus -- the menace of Cloudland. Majestic masses which were a danger signal to aircraft during the Second World War

German air raiders caught out by G. H. Davis
How German air raiders are caught in the toils of British defence during the Second World War. The effect of the anti-aircraft barrage on raiding bombers

Man Attacking Another Man
In this picture a 17th century man holding a rifle or a musket is attacking an older man holding a pistol by grabbing his beard

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

The Story of Cruel Joseph - Joseph Chamberlain
The Story of Cruel Joseph. Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) as the political menace, making trouble for Tories and Radicals

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

Domestic Violence discussed on a London street
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a conversation on a London street discussing domestic violence

Le deluge asiatique
Fig 312 from La Terre Avant Le Deluge (1863) by Par Louis Figuier

Volcano types
Block diagram showing: (top left) Glowing cloud eruption, (top right) a shield volcano and (Bottom) a strato-volcano

United Kingdom. Violent clashes in the House
" United Kingdom. Violent clashes in the House of Commons. Illustration from " Le Petit Journal". Engraving."

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

Retaliation, or the cudgeller caught
A cudgeller is reprimanded by three angry folk, who surround him and wave their cudgels frantically. Date: 18th Century

A street riot on Giltspur Street, London
Crowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl

Ned Kelly- Fight at Glenrowan
Attack on the Kelly gang at Glenrowan. The police finally managed to overcome the gang, killing three of its members and capturing Ned Kelly himself. 1880

Anarchists attack a religious procession in Barcelona. 1898

Greek brigands
A group of Greek brigands attack Lord Muncasters coach party near Athens. 1870

The Inveigler
The inveigler, who entices his victim. Date: 1883

Test your Strength
A man tests his punch at a fairground sideshow, while some impressed onlookers gather round to watch. Date: 1950s

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

Throwing an Ink-bottle
In a fit of rage, a boy throws an ink bottle at another boys head; it misses and hits the door instead

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

The aftermath of a dispute
A fight between two men comes to an end as they are restrained and separated from one another. Furniture and crockery is strewn across the ground

Long caravan of refugee Sikhs heading to Pakistan
A long column of refugee Sikh flee East Punjab to safety in Pakistan following the violent sectarian aftermath of the partition of India

The General Strike - an overturned motor-van
A motor-van overturned by Strike sympathisers in Blackfriars Road, London. Though largely peaceful, there were several violent incidents during the General Strike

Death of Eric IX
The funeral of Eric IX, a more or less legendary figure whose violent death will help qualify him to be Swedens patron saint

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