Intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal

The torments of hell in Buddhism: two bearded demons burning six men alive. Lithograph.

Mediaeval torturers torture a gout-sufferer; representing the view attributed to Fabricius von Hilden that gout could be cured by torture. Colour process print after D.T. de Losques, 1910.

Tortures. Watercolours by a Japanese artist.

A Chinese woman being subjected to torture while tied to a cross: the woman's torturer is shown using a knife to cut open her abdomen, arms and face, while a formally-dressed man looks on. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

Men and women are prisoners in cells, one man is being tortured by having the soles of his feet beaten with a stick. Wood engraving after G. Durand.

A woman being tortured by being strapped naked onto a horse and dragged through a town. Wood engraving after G. Durand.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: a display of instruments of torture and appliances for restraint of the insane. Photograph.

Martyrdom of Paolo Erizzo. Line engraving by A. Zucchi after S. Manaigo after P. Longhi.

A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

A Chinese woman about to be beaten with a wooden rod as a judicial punishment. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1804.

Saint Agatha. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1706, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 16--.

Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.

Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.

1 print : stipple, with watercolour ; image 22 x 29.5 cm

A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

1 print : stipple, with watercolour ; image 16.4 x 21 cm

A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

1 painting : gouache on rice paper ; sheet 16.2 x 25.3 cm

A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

An essay on crimes and punishments  Written by the Marquis Beccaria; of Milan. With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. [Five lines of quotations].

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Torture

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Images about Torture

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Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.

A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

An essay on crimes and punishments Written by the Marquis Beccaria; of Milan. With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. [Five lines of quotations].

Torture

Images from the collections

Images about Torture

Works from the collections

Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.

A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese man with his hands bound in a wooden grid, kneeling on the ground, is tortured by two men holding a long stick and a man with a rope. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

A Chinese prisoner being subjected to a flogging: the prisoner is shown being held in a kneeling position by one man, while another administers lashes to his back. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

An essay on crimes and punishments Written by the Marquis Beccaria; of Milan. With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. [Five lines of quotations].

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