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Punishment Collection

Background imagePunishment Collection: Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s

Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s
Punishing heretics by exiling them from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Joan of Arc burned at the stake, 1431

Joan of Arc burned at the stake, 1431
Joan of Arc burned at the stake for witchcraft and heresy in Rouen, France, 1431. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Pirate captain hung from the yardarm

Pirate captain hung from the yardarm
The pirate Banister, executed by hanging from the yardarm of a sailing ship. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Puritan in the stocks as punishment in Massachusetts, 1600s

Puritan in the stocks as punishment in Massachusetts, 1600s
Puritan offender in the stocks, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Puritan prisoner in the pillory in New England

Puritan prisoner in the pillory in New England
Puritan offender standing in the pillory in a New England seaport, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Whipping a schoolboy in ancient Rome

Whipping a schoolboy in ancient Rome
Schoolboy punished by a teacher in ancient Rome. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Roger Williams escaping to Rhode Island, 1635

Roger Williams escaping to Rhode Island, 1635
Roger Williamss exile from Massachusetts Colony to Rhode Island, 1635. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Joan of Arc in prison

Joan of Arc in prison
Joan of Arc imprisoned for heresy and witchcraft after driving the English from Orleans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne

Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl, from Hawthornes " The Scarlet Letter". Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Inca leader Atahualpa sentenced to execution, 1533

Inca leader Atahualpa sentenced to execution, 1533
Spanish conqueror Pizarro orders the Inca ruler Atahualpa to be led instantly to execution in Peru, 1533. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Christians attacked by a lion in ancient Rome

Christians attacked by a lion in ancient Rome
Christian martyrs facing hungry lions in the Colisseum, ancient Rome. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting

Background imagePunishment Collection: Roman Emperor Nero burning Christians

Roman Emperor Nero burning Christians as human torches. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Ducking stool punishment for a Jamestown woman

Ducking stool punishment for a Jamestown woman
Jamestown woman led to the ducking stool for public humiliation, 1600s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Boston Tea Party looter ridiculed

Boston Tea Party looter ridiculed
Sons of Liberty penalize a tea looter after Boston Tea Party by nailing his coat to a post, 1773. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Witches Hill in Salem, Massachusetts

Witches Hill in Salem, Massachusetts
Site of the witchcraft executions in Salem, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illusttration

Background imagePunishment Collection: PANC2A-00126

PANC2A-00126
Alexander the Great punishing Bessus of Bactria, who assassinated Darius III. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Bear let loose on a prisoner in ancient Rome

Bear let loose on a prisoner in ancient Rome
Captive girl facing a hungry bear in an ancient Roman arena. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Roger Williams exiled to Rhode Island, 1635

Roger Williams exiled to Rhode Island, 1635
Roger Williams leaving Massachusetts Bay Colony for Rhode Island, 1635. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: PUSA2A-00054

PUSA2A-00054
Anne Hutchinson sentenced to be banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1637. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: PPIR2A-00008

PPIR2A-00008
Captain Kidd in chains, executed for piracy in England, 1701. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration from Exquemelin

Background imagePunishment Collection: PREL2A-00020

PREL2A-00020
Religious reformer Jan Hus burned at the stake, 1415. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: PLIT2A-00022

PLIT2A-00022
Hester Prynne wearing the Scarlet Letter A in a scene from Hawthornes novel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: EVNT2A-00200

EVNT2A-00200
Goorkahs serving in the British military during Sepoy Mutiny, India, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: PBIB2A-00010

PBIB2A-00010
Earthquake swallowing the wicked Hebrew people who have not heeded Moses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: Gladiators of ancient Rome

Gladiators of ancient Rome
Roman gladiators in the arena. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a wall painting in ancient Pompeii

Background imagePunishment Collection: Founding of Providence, Rhode Island, 1636

Founding of Providence, Rhode Island, 1636
Roger Williams landing at a spring where he builds Providence, Rhode Island, 1636. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imagePunishment Collection: PPRT2A-00004

PPRT2A-00004
British colonial government burning Zengers newspaper on Wall Street, New York City, 1734. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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