Search

Pictures
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
Pictures
Christ on the way to the cross. Engraving by C. Mellan, 1659, after himself.
Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688.Date: 1659Reference: 23010i
Ephemera
Crime and executions ephemera. Box 1.
Pictures
Online
Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Pencil drawing.
Reference: 6255i
Pictures
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.
Ephemera
Trial behaviour and awful execution of R. Hale, & C. Brough at Stafford, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1864.
Date: [1864?]
Pictures
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
Pictures
Online
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
Pictures
The crucifixion of Christ. Etching.
Reference: 23029i
Pictures
Online
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
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
Pictures
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
Ephemera
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?]
Pictures
Online
A man being tortured and executed in public. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27655i
Pictures
Online
Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 1 December 1821Reference: 16987i
Pictures
Online
The three holy women before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 23207i
Pictures
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
Pictures
Online
The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci.
Barocci, Federigo, 1528-1612.Reference: 23213i
Pictures
Online
Execution of criminals in Guinea. Etching, ca. 1763.
Date: [1763?]Reference: 583900i
Pictures
Online
Taiping Rebellion, China: the place in Guangzhou where people were executed. Wood engraving after W.G. Dickson, 1855.
Dickson, Walter G.Date: [1855]Reference: 579927i
Pictures
Online
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.
Veronese, 1528-1588.Date: [between 1830 and 1839]Reference: 24599i
Part of: Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.
Pictures
Christ is crucified before a grieving multitude. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 23197i
Pictures
Online
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.
Domenichino, 1581-1641.Reference: 25300i
Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
Pictures
Online
Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: 1784Reference: 24610i
Pictures
Online
Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Line engraving by Rivers, 1813, after G. Douw.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: 1813Reference: 43536i

Works search

Active filters:

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

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.

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.