In the foreground a man is shown nailed to a cross (center) and another (right) is tied to a stake and being eaten by two wild beasts (lions?). In the distance a man is being burned at the stake on the outskirts of a camp with tents; on the left a man is tossed off a cliff by soldiers
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. VI; see p. 64., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.6 x 7.6 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Precipitation, Crucifixion, Burning &c.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John
Subject (Topic):
Crucifixions, Executions, Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for a sequel to John Beaver's Roman military punishments, a work that was never written., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.5 x 8 cm., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above this print and the one following: Two of Modern Military Punishments, designed for an unpublished continuation of the same work., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand below at bottom of mount: 2 of these are supposed to be spurious. Only 13 of them are known to have sold for £10.10.0.
A scene of a mass punishment in which every tenth man was executed and the rest condemned to live on barley instead of wheat
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. IV; see p. 41., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.5 x 7.9 cm.
Title and imprint from Paulson., Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Sheet trimmed., On page 24 in volume 1., Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 16., and Title written in ms. note by Steevens above: Degradation.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
A man's body is shown torn apart between two branches of a tree. Two other men are shown being sewn alive in the bellies of oxen. In the distance, a man is shown strapped to the wheel of a wagon
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. VIII; see p. 80., On page 24 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Soldiers Convicted of Adultery., and Numbered in ms. in upper left by Steevens(?): 8.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Dismemberment, Executions, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title and date from Paulson., Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Sheet trimmed., On page 24 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Soldiers sold for slaves., and Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 9.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
Title, state, and date from Paulson., One of fourteen illustrations created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XIII; see p. 109., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Fustium admonitio., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.3 x 7.8 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Beating, Punishment & torture, Soldiers, and Roman
