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Concept

Strangling

Images

  • China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.
  • The wrestler and gladiator Narcissus strangling the emperor Commodus. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.
  • A man performing a chemical procedure is approached from behind behind by another man who strangles him with a scarf. Process print by V&C after P. Chase.
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Catalogue

    • 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: 663451i
    Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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    The wrestler and gladiator Narcissus strangling the emperor Commodus. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.

    Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835. | Reference: 42745i
    • Ephemera

    Suicide of the great enamelist : we have just received the important news at our office, from reliable quarters, that the great Beautifier has committed suicide by strangulation, while in her cell in prison.

    | Date: [ebtween 1830 and 1850?]
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    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: 663453i
    Part 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: 663450i
    Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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