119 results filtered with: Executions and executioners
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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Date: 1738Reference: 23215i- Pictures
Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.
Reference: 23024i- Pictures
China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663451iPart of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband- Ephemera
An account of the crime, trial, confession, and execution of Charles Smith : who was hanged on Newcastle Town Moor, on Wednesday the 3d. of December, 1817, for the barbarous and cruel MURDER of Charles Stewart, at Ousebourn Pottery.
Date: 1817
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius, 1794-1872.Reference: 6250i
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James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.
Roberts, Charles, active 1870-1897.Reference: 43516i- Pictures
The head of John the Baptist is brought to Herod at the feast. Etching by G.W.L. after J. Gossaert.
Gossaert, Jan, approximately 1478-approximately 1532.Reference: 22639i- Ephemera
A full account of a barbarous, cruel, and inhuman MURDER, committed by Mary King, on the bodies of her four children, by pouring boiling lead in their ears : also an account and trial and execution.
Date: [1820?]
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Russian Nihilists tied to chairs on horse-drawn platforms being paraded past groups of soldiers on their way to their execution in St. Petersburg. Wood engraving.
Reference: 43600i
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Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Engraving.
Reference: 1999i- Pictures
The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome and Herodias. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 22681i- Ephemera
Domestic intelligence... : March 31... [to] April 12.
Date: [1763]
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The crucifixion of Christ; Saint John and the four women lament. Engraving by Wierix after A. Dürer, 1509.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1508Reference: 23035i
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Saint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 23202i- Books
The Times history and encyclopaedia of the war. Part 76, vol. 6. Feb. 1, 1916, (I.) The October fighting in the west. (II.) Miss Cavell's execution.
Date: 1916- Pictures
Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the execution of an Egyptian fighter by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after M. Prior, 1882.
Prior, Melton, 1845-1910.Date: [1882]Reference: 582013i- Pictures
An elephant killing an Indian criminal by stamping on his head; guards standing next to it. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker, 1875, after E. Bayard after L. Rousselet.
Rousselet, Louis, 1845-1929.Date: [1875]Reference: 579970i- Ephemera
Trials and behaviour of the five unfortunate men, who were executed this day, on Penenden Heath, pursuant to their sentence at the late Maidstone assizes : with a mournful copy of verses.
Date: [1822?]- Pictures
China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the ropes of the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663453iPart of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband- Pictures
China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663450iPart of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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The crucifixion of Christ; his side is punctured by a soldier's lance. Engraving by B. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 24606i- Ephemera
Particulars of the EXECUTION, &c. of Carnelous Sullivan, Dennis Fitzgerald, and Charles Oakden this morning before the debtors door, Newgate.
Date: [1809]
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The trial, sentence and confessions of Bishop, Williams, and May, at the Old Bailey, London, on Friday, December 2, 1831, for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an Italian boy ; respite of May; execution of Bishop and Williams; together with an account of many circumstances connected with the period of their early life.
Bishop, John, -1831Date: 1831
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M0001086: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation
Date: 12 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/10/22Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851.Date: 1824Reference: 31590i