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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
RembrandtDate: 1738Reference: 23215i
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Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.
Reference: 23024i
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Truth brought to light, or, The last words of a dying-man : being the speech of William Dillon Esquire, executed the twenty fifth of February, 1662, for the death of J. Web, lately killed in a frey in Long-Acre.
Dillon, WilliamDate: [1662]
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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: 663451i
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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 maner of the beheading of Duke Hambleton, the Earl of Holland and the Lord Capell : in the Pallace-Yard at Westminster on Friday the 9th of March, 1648, with the substance of their severall speeches upon the scaffold immediately before they were beheaded.
James SibbaldDate: 1648
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
Julius Schnorr von CarolsfeldReference: 6250i
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Figure in red, possibly Christ being crucified, surrounded by horizontal purple lines
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: August 1967Reference: 2854530i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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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 1870-1897Reference: 43516i
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Two people seated inside a palisade prior to execution by immolation
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2952451i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The head of John the Baptist is brought to Herod at the feast. Etching by G.W.L. after J. Gossaert.
Jan GossaertReference: 22639i
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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
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The chiefe heads of Mr. John Sares speech : and other passages at the time of his execution at West-Chester; he being the portliest man the three kingdomes afforded, whose coffin was two yards and a halfe in length, yet too short to containe his corps; he suffered the 20th day of October, 1651.
Sares, John, -1651Date: [1652]
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The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome and Herodias. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
Peter Paul RubensReference: 22681i
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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.
Albrecht DürerDate: 1508Reference: 23035i
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Certain considerations against the vanities of this world, and the terrors of death / VVritten by Doctor John Hewit, and delivered to a friend, a little before his death on Tower Hill, June the 8. 1658.
Hewitt, John (Accomptant)Date: In the year of our Lord 1658
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Saint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 23202i
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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
Archives and manuscripts
A woman being burnt at the stake with an ordinance against witchcraft to the right
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2969676i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the execution of an Egyptian fighter by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after M. Prior, 1882.
Melton PriorDate: [1882]Reference: 582013i
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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.
Louis RousseletDate: [1875]Reference: 579970i
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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?]

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Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

Christ on the way of the cross; the two Maries sorrow with the swooning Virgin. Engraving.

Truth brought to light, or, The last words of a dying-man : being the speech of William Dillon Esquire, executed the twenty fifth of February, 1662, for the death of J. Web, lately killed in a frey in Long-Acre.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.

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.

The maner of the beheading of Duke Hambleton, the Earl of Holland and the Lord Capell : in the Pallace-Yard at Westminster on Friday the 9th of March, 1648, with the substance of their severall speeches upon the scaffold immediately before they were beheaded.

The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Figure in red, possibly Christ being crucified, surrounded by horizontal purple lines

James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

Two people seated inside a palisade prior to execution by immolation

The head of John the Baptist is brought to Herod at the feast. Etching by G.W.L. after J. Gossaert.

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.

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.

Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Engraving.

The chiefe heads of Mr. John Sares speech : and other passages at the time of his execution at West-Chester; he being the portliest man the three kingdomes afforded, whose coffin was two yards and a halfe in length, yet too short to containe his corps; he suffered the 20th day of October, 1651.

The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome and Herodias. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

Domestic intelligence... : March 31... [to] April 12.

The crucifixion of Christ; Saint John and the four women lament. Engraving by Wierix after A. Dürer, 1509.

Certain considerations against the vanities of this world, and the terrors of death / VVritten by Doctor John Hewit, and delivered to a friend, a little before his death on Tower Hill, June the 8. 1658.

Saint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.

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.

A woman being burnt at the stake with an ordinance against witchcraft to the right

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the execution of an Egyptian fighter by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after M. Prior, 1882.

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.

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.