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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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The penitent death of a vvoefull sinner : Or, the penitent death of John Atherton executed at Dublin the 5. of December. 1640. With some annotations upon severall passages in it. As also the sermon, with some further enlargements, preached at his buriall. / By Nicholas Barnard Deane of Ardagh in Ireland.
Nicholas BernardDate: 1641
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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.
Federico BarocciReference: 23213i
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Execution of criminals in Guinea. Etching, ca. 1763.
Date: [1763?]Reference: 583900i
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Taiping Rebellion, China: the place in Guangzhou where people were executed. Wood engraving after W.G. Dickson, 1855.
Walter G. DicksonDate: [1855]Reference: 579927i
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The crucifixion of Christ; beneath the cross are positioned the four Maries, a soldier and a horse. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
Paolo VeroneseDate: [between 1830 and 1839]Reference: 24599i
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Christ is crucified before a grieving multitude. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 23197i
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The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
DomenichinoReference: 25300i
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Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.
Guido ReniDate: 1784Reference: 24610i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Line engraving by Rivers, 1813, after G. Douw.
Gerrit DouDate: 1813Reference: 43536i
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The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome; Bacchus stands behind her with a dismembered stag. Engraving by T. Holloway after J.H. Füssli.
Henry FuseliReference: 22684i
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An executioner raises his sword as he prepares to sever the head of one of two ring leaders of a band of pirates who attacked the houseboat Helvetia in Canton, a group of soldiers in parade stand behind and in the foreground a group of on-lookers. Photogravure after A. Michie after a drawing by F.C. Dickinson ca. 1880.
Dickinson, F.C.Date: [1880?]Reference: 586381i
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Kowloon, Hong Kong: five pirates awaiting beheading, while Chinese soldiers and dignitaries line up behind. Photograph, 1891.
Date: [1891]Reference: 663758i
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Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.
Date: [1862]
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A Chinese man being garrotted attached to a cross; two guards watching him. Wood engraving, 1857.
Date: [1857]Reference: 579912i
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The Virgin of the prison. Print with letterpress.
Reference: 2058861i
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An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition: the burning of heretics in a market place. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after Bocourt after T. Robert-Fleury.
Robert-Fleury, Tony, 1837-1911.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 43737i
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China: the mutilated bodies of two men who had been tortured, dismembered and beheaded. Photograph, ca. 1900.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663857i
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W.H. Egleton, 1844, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
GuercinoReference: 6254i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.
Freman, G.Date: [1705?]Reference: 6249i

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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.

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.

Taiping Rebellion, China: the place in Guangzhou where people were executed. Wood engraving after W.G. Dickson, 1855.

The crucifixion of Christ; beneath the cross are positioned the four Maries, a soldier and a horse. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Christ is crucified before a grieving multitude. Coloured lithograph.

The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Line engraving by Rivers, 1813, after G. Douw.

The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome; Bacchus stands behind her with a dismembered stag. Engraving by T. Holloway after J.H. Füssli.

Kowloon, Hong Kong: five pirates awaiting beheading, while Chinese soldiers and dignitaries line up behind. Photograph, 1891.

Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.

A Chinese man being garrotted attached to a cross; two guards watching him. Wood engraving, 1857.

The Virgin of the prison. Print with letterpress.

An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition: the burning of heretics in a market place. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after Bocourt after T. Robert-Fleury.

China: the mutilated bodies of two men who had been tortured, dismembered and beheaded. Photograph, ca. 1900.

The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W.H. Egleton, 1844, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.