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Hanging

Images

  • Khiva, Uzbekistan: a woman being stoned to death and a man being hanged. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after E. Bayard, 1878.
  • The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.
  • Execution of J. Frampton and Andrew Barton
  • The Royal Naval Hospital and the Queen's House, Greenwich, the Isle of Dogs beyond. Watercolour attributed to G. Samuel.
  • Double picture: a person hanging from the gallows; a witch burning a sleeping couple while a demon figure carries off a child. Woodcut, 1790.
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Catalogue

    • 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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    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
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    The hanging of Saint Maximus of Salzburg; Roman soldiers and other figures in the foreground, an army in the background. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J.M. Kager.

    Kager, Johann Matthias, 1575?-1634. | Date: 1615 | Reference: 10987i
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    The governor of Meaux hanged on a tree in full armour. Engraving with etching by Walker after S. Wale.

    Wale, Samuel, -1786. | Date: [1771?] | Reference: 43482i
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    The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.

    | Reference: 38391i
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