119 results filtered with: Executions and executioners
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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.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825.Reference: 22684i- Pictures
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- Ephemera
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- Pictures
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- Pictures
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.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Reference: 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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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Line engraving by Teodoro after A. del Sarto.
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530.Reference: 6245i
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by S. Mulinari after E. Sirani.
Sirani, Elisabetta, 1638-1665.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 6248i
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M0001084: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation
Date: 12 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/10/20Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
Christ is crucified before the multitude. Woodcut.
Reference: 23190i
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The murder of Captain Benevente, and the conspiracy and subsequent divine punishment of the culprits. Etching with engraving and letterpress.
Date: [1726?]Reference: 43758i- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera (A1). Box ++82.
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving.
Reference: 8644i
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Afghanistan: the retinue of Shah Shoojau-Ool-Moolk, including his Chief Executioner and a Mutilator. Lithograph by L. Haghe after L.W. Hart, 1843.
Hart, Lockyer Willis, active 1843.Date: [April 2nd 1843]Reference: 581657i- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.
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A copy of verses : written upon the unfortunate Eliza Anthony, suspected of having been murdered.
Date: [1823?]- Pictures
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- Pictures
Lamenting people dwarfed by the radiant, crucified Christ. Woodcut by A. De Carolis after himself.
De Carolis, Adolfo, 1874-1928.Reference: 23199i- Pictures
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- Pictures
The crucifixion of Christ; the Virgin and Saint John stand underneath. Woodcut.
Reference: 23034i