Items matching cages

1733.—The Whirligig

A cage for punishemt: the offender was put inside and then the cage was spun round rapidly, often for a long time (perhaps all day). This would make the victim sick or even unconscious. In the mean- [...]

Keywords: punishments, torture, cages

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

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1735.—The Brank

“Scolds had their heads inclosed [sic] in a sugarloaf-shapred cap, made of iron hooping, with a cross at the top, and a flat piece of iron projecting inwards, that was laid upon the tongue; a string w [...]

Keywords: punishments, torture, cages

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

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Canadian Beaver (1 of 3)

(Castor canadensis) By A. E. Dugmore. One of three photographs on the same plate. “They are so very like some humble primitive race of people of peaceful disposition and few wants, industrious and pra [...]

Keywords: animals, beavers, cages

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-13

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Cells at town hall, Boston, England, where the Pilgrim Fathers were confined

A photograph of a prison, jail or gaol, showing the iron bars of open cell doors. According to the extract from the book that follows, the “Pilgrim Fathers” (a group of Puritans, a sort of fanatical [...]

Keywords: punishments, prisons, cages, interiors, corridors, spooky

Places shown: Boston; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2006-02-20

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Prison Cells (wallpaper version)

A version of Prison Cells... for use as a computer desktop background image (root wallpaper or whatever you call it on your system). I cropped the image and increased the contrast to make it more atm [...]

Keywords: punishments, prisons, cages, interiors, corridors, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Boston; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2006-02-20

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