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Images from the collections

Images about Courts

14 images from works
  • A king holding court. Ink drawing.
  • A man standing in a law court vows to reform to temperance. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Two designs for flags possibly for a theatrical company. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.
  • The Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) accusing Jane (Elizabeth) Shore of witchcraft. Engraving.
  • A ruler holding court. Gouache drawing.
  • Page 9: a courtroom scene showing a judge passing sentence on a couple. Watercolour drawing.
  • The trial of soul after death in the court of Yama. Chromolithograph.
  • 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.
  • Man standing in a courtroom dock putting his case forward to the magistrate. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1904.
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Works from the collections

24 works

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    Two designs for flags possibly for a theatrical company. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.

    Yver, Pieter, 1712-1787. | Date: 1743 | Reference: 34047i
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    A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26030i
    Part of: The drunkard's children
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    The court of the jackal raja. Watercolour drawing c. 1870.

    | Reference: 26724i
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    The trial of soul after death in the court of Yama. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26690i
    • Books

    Sud i pro︠t︡sess v Armenii : X-XIII vv / Khosrov Torosi︠a︡n.

    Torosi︠a︡n, Khosrov. | Date: 1985
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Related topics

Judges
Costume
Kings and rulers
Hindu mythology
Death
Alcoholism
Jury
Trials
Law and ethics
Lawyers

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