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  • Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.
  • An episode in the novel Niccolò de' Lapi. by Massimo D'Azeglio: a massacre in a church during the Sack of Rome is interrupted by the arrival of the soldier of fortune Fanfulla da Lodi. Wood engraving by A. Centenari and G. Sabbatini after R. Venturi.
  • A pair of police constables, wearing stovepipe hats, rushing to send a telegraphic report of a murder. Engraving.
  • A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.
  • The Sultan stabs Zara in the chest: the finale of the play Zaire (Zara) by Voltaire. Etching.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • The death of Dirke (Dirce): her stepsons Zetos (Zethos) and Amphion tie her by her hair to the horns of a bull and have her flung into a well. Engraving, 1633.
  • Death mask of Martin, a parricide. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Ezzelin sitting next to the body of his wife Meduna after killing her for alleged adultery. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith after H. Fuseli, 1781.
  • The murder of the De Witt brothers in the Hague on 20 August 1672. Etching by R. de Hooghe.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • An episode in 'The country curate' by G.R. Gleig: John Bushell the smith murders Noah, a Jewish pedlar; Bushell's wife Martha rushes into the room. Engraving by H. Rolls after F. Pickering, 1834.
  • A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Saint Peter Martyr and his companion attacked by an assassin with a sword. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Soldiers plundering a convent, killing and raping the men and women that resist them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Soldiers sacking a mansion and torturing its inhabitants. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Edward V and the Duke of York are about to be murdered in their beds by two assassins. Line engraving by A. Birrell after S. Collings, ca. 1790.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Engraving by W.T. Fry.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Thomas of Canterbury. Coloured etching by J. Carter, 1786.
  • The murder of Captain Benevente, and the conspiracy and subsequent divine punishment of the culprits. Etching with engraving and letterpress.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Judith with Holofernes' head. Line engraving.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • Four cherubs shout out to God requests to punish the four worst sins of mankind: murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and failure to pay due wages. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Jean Calas says farewell to his wife before he is executed. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
  • The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Adam sacrifices a lamb, which Eve scatters with flowers (left); Thirza mourns by the water (right). Etching by R.B. Peake after T. Uwins.