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Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
Date: 1555Reference: 24653i
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A Chinese man is being led to execution by four men. Wood engraving, 1857.
Date: [1857]Reference: 579728i
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Achan is stoned to death for stealing the spoils of the fall of Jericho. Line engraving.
Reference: 18342i
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A Chinese man preparing to be executed by decapitation: the man is shown being made to kneel on the ground, while the executioner raises his sword. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 573801i
Ephemera
Lamentation of Franz Muller.
Date: [1864]
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by N. Le Mire, 1791, after Borel after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Reference: 6246i
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The crucifixion of Christ. Woodcut.
Reference: 23209i
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Ralegh's last journey : a tale of madness, vanity, and treachery / Paul Hyland.
Hyland, Paul, 1953-Date: 2003
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Christ is taken down from the cross. Mezzotint after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 23216i
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China: the bodies and heads of four men who have been beheaded lie on the ground; a group of Chinese soldiers stand nearby, one of them wiping his sword. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663488i
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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. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
Domenichino, 1581-1641Reference: 8721i
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Canton, China: a woman being beheaded. Photograph, 1927.
Date: [1927]Reference: 663457i
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M0001085: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation
Date: 12 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/10/21
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being strangled with a garrotte. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663455i
Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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The martyrdom of Saint Agnes. Pen and ink drawing by F. Rosaspina (?) after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
Domenichino, 1581-1641.Reference: 11761i
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China (?): the mutilated bodies of three men who have been tortured and executed. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663765i
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist: the executioner presenting the head to Salome. Etching by W. Unger after C. Fabritius.
Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.Reference: 6259i
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The gibbet / William Newton.
Newton, William.Date: [1819?]
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M0006328: Chinese model of "Death by a hundred cuts"
Date: June 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/53/9
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

A Chinese man is being led to execution by four men. Wood engraving, 1857.

Achan is stoned to death for stealing the spoils of the fall of Jericho. Line engraving.

A Chinese man preparing to be executed by decapitation: the man is shown being made to kneel on the ground, while the executioner raises his sword. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.

Lamentation of Franz Muller.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by N. Le Mire, 1791, after Borel after G. Reni.

The crucifixion of Christ. Woodcut.

Ralegh's last journey : a tale of madness, vanity, and treachery / Paul Hyland.

Christ is taken down from the cross. Mezzotint after P.P. Rubens.

China: the bodies and heads of four men who have been beheaded lie on the ground; a group of Chinese soldiers stand nearby, one of them wiping his sword. Photograph.

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

Canton, China: a woman being beheaded. Photograph, 1927.

M0001085: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being strangled with a garrotte. Photograph, 19--.

The martyrdom of Saint Agnes. Pen and ink drawing by F. Rosaspina (?) after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.

China (?): the mutilated bodies of three men who have been tortured and executed. Photograph, 19--.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist: the executioner presenting the head to Salome. Etching by W. Unger after C. Fabritius.

The gibbet / William Newton.

M0006328: Chinese model of "Death by a hundred cuts"