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Violence

Images

  • A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.
  • A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.
  • Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
All images (38)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    An animal, possibly a cat or rabbit, with a gun aimed at its head

    Birch, Martin, 1935-1982 | Date: September 1971 | Reference: 2848890i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Books

    Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 / Russell Davies.

    Davies, Russell, 1957- | Date: 1996
    • Archives and manuscripts

    "This will ruin you! But its all in the [interests] of Science"

    Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990 | Date: 16 July 1957 | Reference: PP/ADA/C/8/15/12
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Books

    Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

    | Date: 1985
    • Books

    World report on violence and health : summary.

    | Date: 2002
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