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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663451i
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Madness and murder : gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland / Pauline M. Prior ; foreword by Angela Bourke.
Prior, PaulineDate: 2008
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A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1847Reference: 25970i
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The trial of William Palmer for the Rugeley poisonings / [William Palmer].
William PalmerDate: [1856]
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A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1847Reference: 25972i
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Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.
Date: [1829]Reference: 662572i
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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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Very much a lady : the untold story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower / Shana Alexander.
Shana AlexanderDate: [1983], ©1983
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Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
William HeathDate: April 1829Reference: 12226i
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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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Death masks of Martin, a parricide (left), and Eustache, a St Dominican black slave fêted for his assimilation to white culture in Paris (right). Process print, after a lithograph, 1835.
Reference: 28330i
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The head of John Thurtell after his hanging. Pen drawing by J. Wentzell, 1824.
Wentzell, J., active 1824.Date: 1824Reference: 12027i
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A Lutheran plague : murdering to die in the eighteenth century / by Tyge Krogh.
Tyge KroghDate: [2012], ©2012
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The skull of a widow named Lecouffe, who incited her son to murder an old woman, their protector, for her money. Lithograph, c. 1835.
Date: 1835Reference: 28125i
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Grisly relics of the dead : where some gruesome memorials are to be found.
Date: [1899?]
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The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.
Lane, JohnReference: 35162i
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Death mask of Martin, a parricide. Lithograph, c. 1835.
Date: [1835]Reference: 28231i
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The poison principle / Gail Bell.
Gail BellDate: 2002
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Herbert John Bennett. Photograph of drawing by L. Ward, 1901.
Leslie WardDate: 1901Reference: 2008837i
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An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27615i
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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
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The two killers of Rillington Place / John Eddowes.
Eddowes, JohnDate: 1994
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Awful disclosures and startling developments in relation to the late Parkman tragedy : with a full account of the discovery of the remains of the late Dr. George Parkman and the subsequent arrest of Professor John W. Webster.
Date: [1849]
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Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: [April 1829]Reference: 663317i

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

Madness and murder : gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland / Pauline M. Prior ; foreword by Angela Bourke.

A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

The trial of William Palmer for the Rugeley poisonings / [William Palmer].

A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Wellington and Peel, in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching, 1829.

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--.

Very much a lady : the untold story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower / Shana Alexander.

Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.

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

Death masks of Martin, a parricide (left), and Eustache, a St Dominican black slave fêted for his assimilation to white culture in Paris (right). Process print, after a lithograph, 1835.

The head of John Thurtell after his hanging. Pen drawing by J. Wentzell, 1824.

A Lutheran plague : murdering to die in the eighteenth century / by Tyge Krogh.

The skull of a widow named Lecouffe, who incited her son to murder an old woman, their protector, for her money. Lithograph, c. 1835.

Grisly relics of the dead : where some gruesome memorials are to be found.

The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.

Death mask of Martin, a parricide. Lithograph, c. 1835.

The poison principle / Gail Bell.

Herbert John Bennett. Photograph of drawing by L. Ward, 1901.

An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

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

The two killers of Rillington Place / John Eddowes.

Awful disclosures and startling developments in relation to the late Parkman tragedy : with a full account of the discovery of the remains of the late Dr. George Parkman and the subsequent arrest of Professor John W. Webster.

Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.