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1.
A representation of Governor Wall ordering Serjeant B. Armstrong, without a trial, to be tied to a

Published / Created:
[1802]
Call Number:
File 63 802 R425
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Abstract:
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whippe...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of Governor Wall ordering Serjeant B. Armstrong, without a trial, to be tied to a gun, at Coree, in Africa, and inhumanly flogged by Black slaves, who were changed every twenty-five lashes

2.
An introduction Christmas Day after dinnner ; A Christmas box ; The Austrian amongst thorns ; An

Creator:
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1831]
Call Number:
Maidment Se521 no. 3 Box 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"AN INTRODUCTION. (16533) Below the title: 'An Honourable member wish'd an address to his Majesty praying the appointment of a General Fast'. A bland M.P. bows amiably, his left hand under that of a distressed artisan, the right hand extended towards...
Description:
Titles from text beneath the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854., and Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Generals, Starvation, Fireplaces, Sleeping, Miters, Wigs, Clergy, Crowns, Robes, Thorns, Forks, Newspapers, Fire, Punishment & torture, Horses, Traffic signs & signals, and Reform
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An introduction Christmas Day after dinnner ; A Christmas box ; The Austrian amongst thorns ; An Attorney Ge-l grilling old grill ; John Bull and his Grey. [graphic]

3.
Boney's inquisition another specimen of his humanity on the person of Madame Toussaint. [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, artist
Published / Created:
[25 October 1804]
Call Number:
804.10.25.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four French soldiers with hot pincers torturing "Madame Toussaint" by burning her flesh and pulling out her fingernails; Napoleon gloats on a throne to the right
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th 1804 by by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. and Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
Subject (Topic):
Family and Punishment & torture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Boney's inquisition another specimen of his humanity on the person of Madame Toussaint. [graphic]

4.
Cuthbert Simpson tortured on the rack in the Tower of London [graphic].

Creator:
Neagle, John B., approximately 1796-1866, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1830]
Call Number:
830.00.00.161
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man, wearing only a loincloth, is shown being stretched on a rack. Two men, on the right and left edges of the image, work the mechanism of the torture device. Three men observe from the far side of the rack, the central figure wearing aristocratic ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
J.J. Woodward
Subject (Name):
Tower of London (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Martyrs, Punishment & torture, and Punishment devices
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cuthbert Simpson tortured on the rack in the Tower of London [graphic].

5.
Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in the year 1606 [graphic]

Creator:
Romney, R., active approximately 1795-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1795]
Call Number:
646 802 M243 v.4 pt.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a square, horses in the foreground pulling the conspirators to a raised platform in the left middle ground for the execution, a number of spectators watching the event."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1795, by I. Caulfield
Subject (Topic):
Gunpowder Plot, 1605, Criminals, Punishment & torture, Executions, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Spectators, and Plazas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in the year 1606 [graphic]

6.
First stage of cruelty [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Animal fighting, Balustrades, Boys, Cats, Cockfighting, Dogs, Gallows, Lampposts, Punishment & torture, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First stage of cruelty [graphic]

7.
First stage of cruelty [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Animal fighting, Balustrades, Boys, Cats, Cockfighting, Dogs, Gallows, Lampposts, Punishment & torture, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First stage of cruelty [graphic]

8.
First stage of cruelty [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Hogarth 751.02.01.03.1+ Box 200
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Animal fighting, Balustrades, Boys, Cats, Cockfighting, Dogs, Gallows, Lampposts, Punishment & torture, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First stage of cruelty [graphic]

9.
First stage of cruelty [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 53K(a) Box 215
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Animal fighting, Balustrades, Boys, Cats, Cockfighting, Dogs, Gallows, Lampposts, Punishment & torture, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First stage of cruelty [graphic]

10.
First stage of cruelty [graphic]

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Sotheby 69++ Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 76. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 52. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a London street, young boys inflict various forms of cruelty upon animals. In the centre, a boy (Tom Nero), identifiable by the badge on his shoulder as a pupil of St. Giles's Parish School, thrusts an arrow into a dog's anus; he ignores the offer ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Animal fighting, Balustrades, Boys, Cats, Cockfighting, Dogs, Gallows, Lampposts, Punishment & torture, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First stage of cruelty [graphic]

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