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  • Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.
  • Two Chinese men carrying the cangue around their necks as a punishment. Wood engraving after John Thomson.
  • The Last Judgment: the world lies in ruins and sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils. Engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • A Chinese man lying on the ground, with a man seated on his back and another holding his feet, is being beaten. Engraving by W. Wetherhead, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • French sailors feeding manacled black slaves in San Domingo to ravenous blood-hounds. Engraving by J. Barlow, 1805, after M. Rainsford.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • An angel leading a soul into hell. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
  • A man tied to a stump by a chain around his neck; a Chinese shoemaker at work. Coloured stipple by A. Freschi, ca. 1812.
  • The burning of criminal soldiers on the stake. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Two young women pluck a bird which has a man's head, while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • Two Chinese prisoners receiving food: an official is shown supervising the weighing and distribution of food to the two prisoners, who are shown carring one small bowl each. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
  • Saint Christine: she is flogged before being cut with red hot knives. Stipple engraving by Benard after C.A. Chasselat.
  • A kneeling Chinese woman is subjected to torture: the woman's hands are tied above her head, while two men insert a pole between her wrists. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
  • Prisoners of the Tchaudor tribe having their eyes cut out with a knife in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Wood engraving by F.-J. Gauchard after É. Bayard, ca. 1868.
  • Beatrice Cenci, her stepmother Lucrezia, and one of her father's assassins are imprisoned and questioned by the papal authorities; Beatrice is tortured, and Lucrezia tries to persuade her to confess to the murder. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • A Chinese man imprisoned with bound hands and feet is reclining on a bench. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.
  • A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is burning his eyes with lime. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • Two Chinese men wearing red jackets are holding a Chinese prisoner by the ears and under the arms. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • Tityos bound to a rock, his liver eaten by a vulture. Engraving after Michelangelo.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers on a scaffold-like contraption called "Strappado". Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Joze Maria de Távora tied to a rack and beaten with cudgels. Etching, ca. 1760.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.