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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
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663450i
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A crucifixion in blue, green, red, yellow and brown
Caton, Christopher, active approximately 1967Date: c.1967Reference: 2921384i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The last speech of Sir Godfrey McCullough of Myretoun, knight and baronet : who was beheaded at the cross of Edinburgh, the twenty sixth day of March, 1697.
McCullough, Godfrey, Sir.Date: 1697
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The crucifixion of Christ; his side is punctured by a soldier's lance. Engraving by B. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.
Peter Paul RubensDate: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 24606i
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The Wonders of free-grace, or, A compleat history of all the remarkable penitents that have been executed at Tyburn and elsewhere for these last thirty years : to which is added a sermon preached in the hearing of a condemn'd malefactor immediately before his execution.
Date: 1690
Ephemera
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.
Henry Thomas AlkenDate: 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
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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.
Claude MellanDate: 1659Reference: 23010i
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The last speech of Thomas Thwing priest : executed at York for high-trenson [sic], on Saturday the 23. of October 1680.
Thomas ThwingDate: [1680]
Ephemera
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.
RaphaelDate: 1729Reference: 24596i
Ephemera
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.
Charles WirgmanDate: 1865Reference: 580193i
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Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
Guido ReniReference: 11789i
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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.
Daniel Nikolaus ChodowieckiDate: [1789?]Reference: 29008i
Ephemera
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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The execution of Mr. Rob. Foulks, late minister of Stanton-Lacy in Shropshire : with some account of his most penitent behaviour, confession, last speech &c.
Kilborne, Patrick.Date: 1678/9
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Christ carrying the cross. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1779, after a painting attributed to J. de Valdés Leal.
Juan de Valdés LealDate: 1779Reference: 23014i

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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--.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband. Photograph, 19--.

A crucifixion in blue, green, red, yellow and brown

The last speech of Sir Godfrey McCullough of Myretoun, knight and baronet : who was beheaded at the cross of Edinburgh, the twenty sixth day of March, 1697.

The crucifixion of Christ; his side is punctured by a soldier's lance. Engraving by B. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

The Wonders of free-grace, or, A compleat history of all the remarkable penitents that have been executed at Tyburn and elsewhere for these last thirty years : to which is added a sermon preached in the hearing of a condemn'd malefactor immediately before his execution.

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.

The last speech of Thomas Thwing priest : executed at York for high-trenson [sic], on Saturday the 23. of October 1680.

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.

The execution of Mr. Rob. Foulks, late minister of Stanton-Lacy in Shropshire : with some account of his most penitent behaviour, confession, last speech &c.

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