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Criminals

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  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Maimed, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
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    Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Date: 1738 | Reference: 23215i
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    The psychology of the physically handicapped / Rudolf Pintner, Jon Eisenson, Mildred Stanton.

    Pintner, Rudolf, 1884-1942. | Date: 1945
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    On working with offenders : opening minds, awakening emotions / Katy Ashton, Sarah Bromage, Ronna Tulgan Ostheimer.

    Ashton, Katy | Date: [2015]
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    Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

    Kailer, Thomas. | Date: 2011
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    A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26040i
    Part of: The drunkard's children
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