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A copy of verses : written upon the unfortunate Eliza Anthony, suspected of having been murdered.
Date: [1823?]
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Lady Jane Grey is led to her execution, handing over her table-book to Sir John Gage. Line engraving with etching by Warren after W. Hamilton, 1802.
Hamilton, William, 1751-1801.Date: 11 December 1802Reference: 43438i
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Lamenting people dwarfed by the radiant, crucified Christ. Woodcut by A. De Carolis after himself.
De Carolis, Adolfo, 1874-1928.Reference: 23199i
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Kowloon, Hong Kong: the bodies of five pirates after beheading, the severed heads on the ground, with eight European men standing by them. Photograph, 1891.
Date: [1891]Reference: 663456i
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A Chinese man's head after garrotting exposed in a wooden cage hanging from a pole; his four children standing in front of it. Wood engraving, 1857.
Date: [1857]Reference: 579930i
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The crucifixion of Christ; the Virgin and Saint John stand underneath. Woodcut.
Reference: 23034i
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Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 663449i
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China: the mutilated body of a man who had been dismembered and beheaded. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663854i
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Christ presented to the people. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 46855i
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, having the garrotte attached to her head. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663452i
Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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The Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel with a lily. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.
Francia, Francesco, approximately 1450-1517.Reference: 11799i
Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W. French after C. Dolci.
Dolci, Carlo, 1616-1686.Reference: 6258i
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A Turkish executioner. Coloured aquatint by I.H. Clark, 1818.
Date: January 1 1818Reference: 581655i
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The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.
Weyden, Roger van der, 1399?-1464.Reference: 23395i
Books
Prescription medicide : the goodness of planned death / Jack Kevorkian.
Kevorkian, Jack.Date: 1991
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.
Cesare, da Sesto, 1477-1523.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 6251i
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Christ carries his cross to Golgotha. Etching by H. Kipp after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.
Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869.Date: 1846Reference: 23577i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 8645i
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The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 23026i
Archives and manuscripts
Three men on crucifixes
Lorraine, Mary, active approximately 1966-1967Date: 9 January 1967Reference: 3001153i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: execution of an arsonist by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after F. Villiers, ca. 1882.
Villiers, Frederick, 1852-1922.Date: [1882]Reference: 582403i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by F. Forster after Cesare da Sesto.
Cesare, da Sesto, 1477-1523.Reference: 6252i
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The two Maries attend the cross; a pelican feeds its young on its own blood; Justice and Charity (?) stand under pillars hung with the instruments of the Passion. Line engraving by K. van Mallery, 1609.
Richeome, Louis, 1544-1625.Date: 1609Reference: 23200i
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A group of women in an art gallery looking at a large painting of a woman being executed by soldiers
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: 8 August 1955Reference: 2970723i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)

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Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.

A copy of verses : written upon the unfortunate Eliza Anthony, suspected of having been murdered.

Lady Jane Grey is led to her execution, handing over her table-book to Sir John Gage. Line engraving with etching by Warren after W. Hamilton, 1802.

Lamenting people dwarfed by the radiant, crucified Christ. Woodcut by A. De Carolis after himself.

Kowloon, Hong Kong: the bodies of five pirates after beheading, the severed heads on the ground, with eight European men standing by them. Photograph, 1891.

A Chinese man's head after garrotting exposed in a wooden cage hanging from a pole; his four children standing in front of it. Wood engraving, 1857.

The crucifixion of Christ; the Virgin and Saint John stand underneath. Woodcut.

Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.

China: the mutilated body of a man who had been dismembered and beheaded. Photograph, 19--.

Christ presented to the people. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot.

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

The Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel with a lily. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W. French after C. Dolci.

A Turkish executioner. Coloured aquatint by I.H. Clark, 1818.

The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.

Prescription medicide : the goodness of planned death / Jack Kevorkian.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.

Christ carries his cross to Golgotha. Etching by H. Kipp after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.

Three men on crucifixes

Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: execution of an arsonist by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after F. Villiers, ca. 1882.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by F. Forster after Cesare da Sesto.

The two Maries attend the cross; a pelican feeds its young on its own blood; Justice and Charity (?) stand under pillars hung with the instruments of the Passion. Line engraving by K. van Mallery, 1609.

A group of women in an art gallery looking at a large painting of a woman being executed by soldiers