Official who presides over court proceedings

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Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

A man standing in a law court vows to reform to temperance. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

One of the women whose child has died and whom Solomon will judge. Stipple engraving after N. Poussin.

King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots. Colour etching by C. Ploos van Amstel, 1782, after L. van Leyden.

Court hearing of a dispute in which a doctor refuses to pay his tailor for some unsatisfactory breeches. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802, after G.M. Woodward.

Page 9: a courtroom scene showing a judge passing sentence on a couple. Watercolour drawing.

Court of Yama, God of Death. Coloured transfer lithograph.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Swearing to the cutting monster - or a scene in Bow Street.

Man standing in a courtroom dock putting his case forward to the magistrate. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1904.

Anthony Babington.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Biographical dictionary of audiencia ministers in the Americas, 1687-1821 / Mark A. Burkholder and D.S. Chandler.

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Judges

Images from the collections

Images about Judges

Works from the collections

Anthony Babington.

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Biographical dictionary of audiencia ministers in the Americas, 1687-1821 / Mark A. Burkholder and D.S. Chandler.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Judges

Images from the collections

Images about Judges

Works from the collections

Anthony Babington.

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Biographical dictionary of audiencia ministers in the Americas, 1687-1821 / Mark A. Burkholder and D.S. Chandler.

A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

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