Suttee, with Lord Hastings shown as accepting bribes to allow its continuation. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1815… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954518/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe storming of the Bastille on the 14 July 1789. Line engraving with etching after H. Singleton. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958573/image-person-art-swordFree Image from public domain licenseA bare-knuckled boxing match between the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, with their supporters including a black man. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967919/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseGirl illustration desktop wallpaper, mental health design https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6086341/image-background-wallpaper-desktopView licenseAnxiety background, feminine illustration design https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6087829/anxiety-background-feminine-illustration-designView licenseThe Raising of Lazarus (1715 - 1740) by Alessandro Magnasco https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13796165/the-raising-lazarus-1715-1740-alessandro-magnascoFree Image from public domain licenseA ritual execution whereby a victim kneels on the ground with his hands tied at the back having a spear thrust through his… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015239/image-heart-hands-plantFree Image from public domain licenseConvoys of female slaves, with children, in Angola, chained together and carrying heavy bundles. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13989202/image-cartoon-face-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseJeanne d'Arc, at the siege of Paris. Line engraving by J. Roze after H.F.E. Philippoteaux. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14010157/image-horse-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseMy story of the war : a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000006/image-horse-cartoon-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseJesus is arrested in the night in the garden of Gethsemane. Engraving by A. Reindel after H. Füger. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13973768/image-face-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseAchilles dragging the body of Hector around Troy. Mezzotint after G. Hamilton, 1794. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14016484/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Symphorian of Autun. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13975583/saint-symphorian-autun-wood-engraving-af-pannemakerFree Image from public domain licenseAn Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13983880/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseGeneral Gordon standing on the stairs of his house about to be speared by dervishes. Etching by H. Dicksee after G. W. Joy. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985750/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseTruth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14003718/image-paper-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe execution of a deserter in the Federal Camp, Alexandria, during the Civil War in America. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020594/image-person-art-baseballFree Image from public domain licenseMaria-Theresa of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe, is led out through the gates of La Force prison to the street in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13996158/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licensePrisoners of the Tchaudor tribe having their eyes cut out with a knife in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Wood engraving by F.-J.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020885/image-dog-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseErnest Grandier, a prisoner of the Zulus, stands naked and tied to a post before the tribe awaiting judgement from the chief… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13973004/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13977718/image-cartoon-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseWoman and mental health background, feminine illustration design https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6086425/image-background-aesthetic-designView licenseA soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021568/image-cartoon-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseKhiva, Uzbekistan: a woman being stoned to death and a man being hanged. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after E. Bayard, 1878. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13972508/image-face-people-crossFree Image from public domain licenseTwo soldiers exchange pleasantries in the foreground while men are burnt on the stake in the background and scourged while… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015222/image-background-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: an army surgeon at work on a battlefield where many lie injured. Halftone, c. 1900. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993428/image-person-medicine-artFree Image from public domain licenseA woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14018819/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAlcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000080/image-background-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Paul landing on Malta (Acts. 27-28). Etching by F. Bartolozzi after B. West, 1791. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13986460/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA tarred and feathered countryman is paraded past crowds in the streets. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971542/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA drunken street brawl between four young colporteurs and a man, with two accompanying couplets. Etching, 16th century . https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13980377/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA man raises his hands in horror as he stands over the prostrate body of a woman. Etching. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13989738/image-hands-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAn episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14005125/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Israelites struck by plague while eating quails. Engraving by A. de Blois after G. Hoet. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14006190/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA Christian procession carrying a canopy and a statue of the Virgin Mary through a town, including flagellants. Etching by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13976655/image-dog-horse-personFree Image from public domain licenseChinese people driving away evil spirits at Malacca, Malaysia. Wood engraving by D. Macpherson, 1891. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14013783/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA nonconformist fastened to a stake by a ring round his neck and wrists and flogged with a rod in Cheapside. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14004272/image-cartoon-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe march to Finchley: English guards, gathering before marching to Finchley to defend London from the troops of Bonnie… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14012207/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseFranco-Prussian War: the Crown Prince visiting the wounded. Wood engraving by H. Woods. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993382/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licensePaul undergoes a mystical experience on the way to Damascus; he falls from his horse. Mezzotint by G.H. Every after H. Dayes. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14012347/image-horse-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAbyssinians beating captives to death with sticks. Wood engraving, 18--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14004632/abyssinians-beating-captives-death-with-sticks-wood-engraving-18Free Image from public domain licenseFive men beating three women with sticks in Ethiopia. Wood engraving by É. Bayard after G. Lejean, 1867. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14016234/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA street market at Christmas time: reindeer, pigs, fruit, turkeys and Christmas trees for sale. Wood engraving by C. Roberts. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13987918/image-horse-cartoon-christmasFree Image from public domain licenseIn darkest Africa, or, The Quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria / by Henry M. Stanley. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14016426/image-horse-plant-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseKing Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13996668/image-unicorns-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseSpanish conquistadors discovering victims of human sacrifices among the Incas . Etching by A.C.F. Villerey after N. Vallain. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13976506/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe death of Lord Nelson on the quarter deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by W. Bromley after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021516/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseA sailor threatening a young woman with a sword on board of a ship. Wood engraving by J.J.. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14019011/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA battle between Romans and the Germans at Trier: the Germans are returning on a bridge over the river Moselle after having… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14013184/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseJoseph is dragged from the pit and sold by his brothers to a company of passing Midianites. Line engraving by G. de Jode. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021265/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA variety of methods of torture: a man has been rolled into a carpet and is dragged to death by a horse, a woman is hit with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14014986/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseTwo young women chasing and sweeping bird figures with mens' heads out of a door, encouraged by two old men in religious… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13997419/image-cartoon-face-cowFree Image from public domain licenseDaniel Defoe is standing in the pillory while soldiers have to restrain crowds from throwing flowers at him. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13997142/image-cartoon-flowers-personFree Image from public domain licenseA strongman (Emile de Suyck) invites a woman to volunteer to help him in his final feat. Process print, 1906 . https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14005736/image-face-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14007290/saint-paul-shipwrecked-malta-etching-bartolozzi-1791-after-westFree Image from public domain licenseThe heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14017317/image-dog-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseRoman soldiers beat Christ before the high priest. Line engraving by J. Sadeler, 1589, after C. Schwartz. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988604/image-cartoon-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14007455/saint-paul-shipwrecked-malta-etching-bartolozzi-1791-after-westFree Image from public domain licensePeople decorating the graves of their relatives in a cemetery in Italy for the celebration of All Souls. Gouache painting by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971255/image-people-cross-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985435/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseParis: a rich couple walk away in disgust at the feeding of poor and hungry soldiers. Wood engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14018843/image-people-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseChrist lies on the ground, beaten and mocked. Etching by L. Simonneau after himself. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14002376/image-cartoon-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Engraving by J. Thomson after J.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021785/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseJudas kisses Christ and he is arrested; Peter cuts off Malchus's ear. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1508. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13992199/image-paper-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA procession of publicans and a beggar following the coffin of Madam Geneva; attacking the Act preventing distillers from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13973560/image-dog-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseGod appears at Babel to disperse the people into different tongues. Process print, 1894, after W. von Kaulbach. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015797/image-person-art-manFree Image from public domain licenseMy personal experiences in equatorial Africa : as medical officer of the Emin Pasha relief expedition / by Thomas Heazle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13990735/image-cartoon-plant-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseMr. Lambkin and friends in court before a magistrate for being drunken and disorderly. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13977504/image-cartoon-face-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseCrowds of sick people and their families making the pilgrimage to Lourdes in the hope of a miraculous cure. Reproduction of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984035/image-cartoon-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseFrench Military Hospital at Marienburg. Etching by F. Schroerder, 1807, after Loeilott after A. Roehn. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14004186/image-horse-cow-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseThe sergeant Louis Gillet discovers a woman who had been tied to a tree by brigands and fights with the brigands to free… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13972868/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13999310/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseThe cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971827/image-horse-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseA woman being tortured by being strapped naked onto a horse and dragged through a town. Wood engraving after G. Durand. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971140/image-dog-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseA man with a shovel attempting to hit a hair-dresser (who is also being attacked by a small dog); a maid-servant tries to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14005813/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseFranco-Prussian War: Civil unrest in Paris. Wood engraving after W. Simpson. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14019305/franco-prussian-war-civil-unrest-paris-wood-engraving-after-simpsonFree Image from public domain licenseA skimmington or charivari: people make noise and are violent in the street as a form of rough justice exercised by women… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14008795/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14011784/image-background-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseBoer War: Boer soldiers tending the injured British soldiers and also robbing the dead. Process print after J. Greig. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14011428/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA man tied to a burning stake is pulling at his chains while clerics hold their crucifixes towards him and soldiers in full… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13996376/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseLightning striking a rural building during a storm: onlookers react in terror. Engraving, 16--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985428/image-horse-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseA Protestant from Thorn is fastened to a stake by a ring around his waist and a rope around his neck and publicly flogged… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13975116/image-cartoon-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseWomen eject a drunk and publican from a bar in a crusade against drunkenness. Wood-engraving by A. Joliet, c. 1875, after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13995895/image-cartoon-people-crossFree Image from public domain licensePoliticians in the smoking room of the House of Commons; representing the second reading on 24 October of the New Bill for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000933/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseFranco-Prussian War: the wounded entering Paris after the Battle at Châtillon. Wood engraving by C.J.Staniland. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14008111/image-horse-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseHenry Morton Stanley's meeting with Emin Pasha in 1888 during his journey through central Africa. Lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14001448/image-people-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseSoldiers dismembering, torturing and killing civilians outside town fortifications, probably during a siege. Etching by R.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985352/image-person-art-manFree Image from public domain licenseA doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13994644/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseCade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020791/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseLadies and gentlemen at Bath brawling over the election of the Master of ceremonies. Engraving, 1769. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13983791/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain license