Items matching death (results page 1)

The Bishop of St. Praxed’s Orders his Tomb.A Painter’s Anthology (1924)

In the picture, which is a colour reproduction of a watercolour painting it seems, the elderly Bishop is in bed. He has very pale skin. The bed is a four-poster and the surroundings are richly decorat [...]

Keywords: death, illness, people, bedrooms, interiors, candlesticks, curtains, wealth, religion, old age, colour, purple, gold

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Added: 2015-03-23

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Skull and one side of mandible of Musk Rat.American Animals (1902)

N nasal.     F frontal.     P parietal.     O occipital.     Z zygomatic arch.     B audital bulla.     Mx Maxillary.     PMx premaxillary.     I incisors.     M molars.     CP coronoid process.     C [...]

Keywords: diagrams, animals, skulls, death, rodents, greyscale

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Added: 2006-11-13

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1.—Martyrs suspended by one or both feet, by the arms with heavy weights attached to the feet; crucified; Christian women hung up by the hairTortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyrs suspended by one foot. B. Suspended by both feet. C. Raised on the cross head uppermost. D. Nailed to the cross, head downwards. E. Hung up by both arms, heavy weights being attached to the [...]

Keywords: death, torture, nudity, people, punishments, religion, bare feet, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-26

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2.—Bound hand and foot to stakes and smeared with honey, and so left exposed to the sun, to be tortured by the stings of bees and other insectsTortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey, were bound [naked] to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exp [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, people, death, punishments, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2006-03-26

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3.—Suspended by the thumbs, heavy stones being fastened to the feet; hung up over a slow fire and beatenTortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by his thumbs, heavy stones being attached to his feet. B. Christians hung up, and a slow fire kindled underneath, so as to suffocate them with the smoke; the victims being scourge [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, punishments, people, death, religion, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-03

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The Angel of DeathEveryman (1930)

The angel of death is black; he wears a hood and in one skeletal hand holds a long sword. He has wings like the angel of light but they are black wings, not white wings. His face is that of a skull or [...]

Keywords: death, angels, black, despair, religion, christianity, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-12-19

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4.—Suspended by the feet, and the head beaten with hammers, etc.Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by the feet, and his head at the same time pounded with hammers. B. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are tied behind his back, heavy weights being fastened to his feet and roun [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-06

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5.—Suspended with great weights on the shoulders, and a gag fixed in the mouth.Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are bound behind his back, and having the shoulders weighted with lumps of salt, a wooden gag being also forced into his mouth. B. Martyr suspended by a hook. “ [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, feet, punishments, people, death, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-17

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6.—Martyrs bound to the circumference of a great wheel, and rolled down a precipiceTortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

“Sometimes Martyrs were bound to the circumference of great wheels, and so hurled from a height over stony places.” (p. 26) The plate actually seems to show a naked man with his hands and feet bound b [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-05-01

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Catacombs in AlexandriaPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

“By far the most magnificent portion [of Alexandria] was the Bruchium (granery, or height), bathed by the waters of the Great Harbour, and adjoining the oldest part of the city, namely, the original f [...]

Keywords: death, interiors, caves, catacombs, tombs, spooky, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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Emblem 2. Sin brings forth death.Emblems Divine and Moral (1866)

In the background, a face of a storm-god blows a wind and makes a sailing ship race atop a giant wave; lightning and rain are in the background, and a building burns. In the foreground stands a naked [...]

Keywords: emblems, death, storms, nudity, bare feet, people, biblical scenes, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-16

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7.—Fastened to a wheel, which is revolved over iron spikesTortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr whose limbs are interwoven in the spokes of a wheel, on which he is left exposed for days, till he dies. B. Martyr bound to a narrow wheel, which is revolved, so that his body is horribly ma [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-02

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Deer Skeleton from 18th century engravingOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This drawing shows the reassembled skeleton of a deer as if it were walking. There are antlers, but no text on the page to identify the species.

Keywords: deer, animals, skeletons, death, walking, anatomy, biology, greyscale

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Added: 2023-02-21

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8.—Revolved over a blazing fireTortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr bound naked to a wheel, which is revolved over iron spikes. B. Bound to the circumference of a wheel, which is revolved over a fire kindles underneath. This time it’s naked men who are tortu [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-22

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The Death of Cordelia.Art-Journal (1850)

The men, the soldiers, look on anxiously and sad King Lear clutches the dying Cordelia to his breast. Passages From The Poets: The Death of Cordelia. Drawn by J. Franklin. Engraved by G. P. Nicholls. [...]

Keywords: king lear, death, shakespeare, knights, grief, mourning, people, weapons, beards, warriors, royalty, greyscale

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Added: 2015-11-18

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Franciscan Monk Going Down StaircaseA Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1885)

The monk here has a habit with cowl, or hooded robe. The text makes clear hs is a Franciscan monk; at one time they went barefoot and lived in poverty, in the manner of their founder, but the book her [...]

Keywords: monks, costumes, robes, people, death, greyscale

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Added: 2025-02-23

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114.—Conflict between Romans and Barbarians.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The wood engraving shows men with curved square shields and helmets fighting men with round shields at close range. The winners are always the ones to call the losers barbarians. For ninety-seven year [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, battles, fighting, weapons, shields, death, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-07-09

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Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engravingOsteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones (1733)

This engraving is actually labeled monkey (in penci, by hand) in the book. Indeed the skull and the shape of the feet especially suggests that. It sits on the sawn-off stump of a large tree, a creeper [...]

Keywords: monkeys, skeletons, death, biology, trees, bare feet, bones, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-02-21

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Murder in the CastleLa Civilizacion 3 (1881)

This engraving (i think) actually shows the discovery of the body of the Roman emperor Nero just after he had killed himself, but i am far from certain; the men’s swords are drawn. There are three men [...]

Keywords: death, discovery, accusation, people, men, weapons, soliders, interiors, castles, pillars, throne rooms, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2023-02-02

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Initial letter T with sundial and scytheIn the Grip of the Corsair (1898)

This capital letter “T” is a vignetted initial—that is, an initial letter with a drawing around it rather than inside it. The vignette, or scene, shows a fluted stone pillar or pedestal with a sundial [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, death, spooky, scythes, sundials, vignetted initials, fields, outdoors, time, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-30

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