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Particulars of the EXECUTION, &c. of Carnelous Sullivan, Dennis Fitzgerald, and Charles Oakden this morning before the debtors door, Newgate.
Date: [1809]
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The trial, sentence and confessions of Bishop, Williams, and May, at the Old Bailey, London, on Friday, December 2, 1831, for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an Italian boy ; respite of May; execution of Bishop and Williams; together with an account of many circumstances connected with the period of their early life.
Bishop, John, -1831Date: 1831
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M0001086: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation
Date: 12 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/10/22
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851.Date: 1824Reference: 31590i
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the blindfold fastened over the garrotte. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663454i
Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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A man crucified on an X-shaped cross on a dark brown, red and black ground
Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990Date: 26 June 1959Reference: 2885010i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Christ on the way to the cross. Engraving by C. Mellan, 1659, after himself.
Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688.Date: 1659Reference: 23010i
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Crime and executions ephemera. Box 1.
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Pencil drawing.
Reference: 6255i
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Christ carrying the cross amidst a long procession. Engraving by N. Larmessin after Raphael.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: 1729Reference: 24596i
Part of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France.
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Trial behaviour and awful execution of R. Hale, & C. Brough at Stafford, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1864.
Date: [1864?]
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The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
Wirgman, Charles, 1832-1891.Date: 1865Reference: 580193i
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Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Reference: 11789i
Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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The crucifixion of Christ. Etching.
Reference: 23029i
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Jean Calas says farewell to his wife before he is executed. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.Date: [1789?]Reference: 29008i
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An account of the trial, crimes, and execution of Wilkinson & Hetherington : two notorious highwaymen who were hanged at Morpeth, on Monday, Sept. 10, 1821, for various highway robberies committed in the neighbourhood of Newcastle.
Date: 1821
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Christ carrying the cross. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1779, after a painting attributed to J. de Valdés Leal.
Valdés Leal, Juan de, 1622-1690.Date: 1779Reference: 23014i
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An account of a most barbarous and unparalleled MURDER of Ann Smith, a ballad singer, by a wretch named Samuel Thorley, a butcher's assistant, at Congleton, Cheshire, and who actually eat [sic] part of the flesh of his unfortunate victim.
Date: [1820?]
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A man being tortured and executed in public. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27655i
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Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 1 December 1821Reference: 16987i
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A crucifixion
Caton, Christopher, active approximately 1967Date: 3 April 1967Reference: 2921379i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The three holy women before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 23207i
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China: a man being beheaded, while the body of a man already beheaded lies in the foreground; a crowd of Chinese people and some Europeans stand around. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663487i
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The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci.
Barocci, Federigo, 1528-1612.Reference: 23213i
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Execution of criminals in Guinea. Etching, ca. 1763.
Date: [1763?]Reference: 583900i

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Particulars of the EXECUTION, &c. of Carnelous Sullivan, Dennis Fitzgerald, and Charles Oakden this morning before the debtors door, Newgate.

M0001086: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation

A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the blindfold fastened over the garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

A man crucified on an X-shaped cross on a dark brown, red and black ground

Christ on the way to the cross. Engraving by C. Mellan, 1659, after himself.

Crime and executions ephemera. Box 1.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Pencil drawing.

Christ carrying the cross amidst a long procession. Engraving by N. Larmessin after Raphael.

Trial behaviour and awful execution of R. Hale, & C. Brough at Stafford, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1864.

The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.

The crucifixion of Christ. Etching.

Jean Calas says farewell to his wife before he is executed. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

An account of the trial, crimes, and execution of Wilkinson & Hetherington : two notorious highwaymen who were hanged at Morpeth, on Monday, Sept. 10, 1821, for various highway robberies committed in the neighbourhood of Newcastle.

Christ carrying the cross. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1779, after a painting attributed to J. de Valdés Leal.

An account of a most barbarous and unparalleled MURDER of Ann Smith, a ballad singer, by a wretch named Samuel Thorley, a butcher's assistant, at Congleton, Cheshire, and who actually eat [sic] part of the flesh of his unfortunate victim.

A man being tortured and executed in public. Gouache drawing.

Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.

A crucifixion

The three holy women before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.

China: a man being beheaded, while the body of a man already beheaded lies in the foreground; a crowd of Chinese people and some Europeans stand around. Photograph.

The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci.

Execution of criminals in Guinea. Etching, ca. 1763.