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An account of a shocking, barbarous, bloody, and inhuman MURDER committed on the body of Mary Griffiths, on Monday evening, the 3rd inst 1820, near Carlisle, in Cumberland.
Date: 1820
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Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.
Watson, Alexander, 1799-1879.Date: 1842
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An account of the crime, trial, confession, and execution of Charles Smith : who was hanged on Newcastle Town Moor, on Wednesday the 3d. of December, 1817, for the barbarous and cruel MURDER of Charles Stewart, at Ousebourn Pottery.
Date: 1817
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A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1847Reference: 25970i
Part of: The bottle
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A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26034i
Part of: The drunkard's children
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Miscellaneous notes : (tenth series) / F. Parkes Weber.
Weber, Frederick Parkes, 1863-1962.Date: 1961
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Narrative of the barbarous murder of Madame Mazel, a French lady of distinction : with an account of the trial, torture, and death, of her valet de chambre, Le Brun ; who was declared, on presumptive evidence, to be guilty of the murder, or accessary thereto ; also the confession and execution of the real murderer, who was miraculously discovered some time afterwards.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]
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Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Engraving by W.T. Fry.
Bernardino, da Asola, active 1526.Date: [1832?]Reference: 6825i
Part of: National Gallery of pictures by the great masters.
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A full account of a barbarous, cruel, and inhuman MURDER, committed by Mary King, on the bodies of her four children, by pouring boiling lead in their ears : also an account and trial and execution.
Date: [1820?]
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Cain slaying Abel. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.
Titian, approximately 1488-1576.Date: 1682Reference: 11327i
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Ezzelin sitting next to the body of his wife Meduna after killing her for alleged adultery. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith after H. Fuseli, 1781.
Fuseli, Johann Heinrich, 1741-1825.Date: 30 march 1781Reference: 46766i
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Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44130i
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A particular account of the cruel and barbarous MURDER of Ann Banting and her infant child, by Captain Disney, late of Newcastle upon Tyne : from the British Gazette of the 26th November, 1820.
Date: [1820?]
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The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
Date: [1601]Reference: 31958i
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Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengel after A. Varotari, il Padovanino.
Padovanino, 1588-1648.Reference: 21511i
Part of: Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.
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Soldiers pillaging a village. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44111i
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Suicide of the great enamelist : we have just received the important news at our office, from reliable quarters, that the great Beautifier has committed suicide by strangulation, while in her cell in prison.
Date: [ebtween 1830 and 1850?]
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Murder : a Home Office Research Unit report / by Evelyn Gibson and S. Klein.
Gibson, Evelyn.Date: 1961
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Sebald de Weert is killed in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, by officers of the King of Kandy, 1603. Engraving.
Reference: 42806i
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Judith with Holofernes' head; her maid behind her. Line engraving after C. Allori.
Allori, Cristofano, 1577-1621.Reference: 20913i
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Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.
Padovanino, 1588-1648.Date: 1720Reference: 572998i
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A man cutting the throat of another man with a knife. Gouache painting.
Reference: 726849i
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Soldiers attacking a coach on a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44129i
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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.
Laer, Pieter van, approximately 1592-1642.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 43717i
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A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.
Fubs, Dickey.Date: 1828Reference: 663319i

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An account of a shocking, barbarous, bloody, and inhuman MURDER committed on the body of Mary Griffiths, on Monday evening, the 3rd inst 1820, near Carlisle, in Cumberland.

Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.

An account of the crime, trial, confession, and execution of Charles Smith : who was hanged on Newcastle Town Moor, on Wednesday the 3d. of December, 1817, for the barbarous and cruel MURDER of Charles Stewart, at Ousebourn Pottery.

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

A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.

Miscellaneous notes : (tenth series) / F. Parkes Weber.

Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Engraving by W.T. Fry.

A full account of a barbarous, cruel, and inhuman MURDER, committed by Mary King, on the bodies of her four children, by pouring boiling lead in their ears : also an account and trial and execution.

Cain slaying Abel. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.

Ezzelin sitting next to the body of his wife Meduna after killing her for alleged adultery. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith after H. Fuseli, 1781.

Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

A particular account of the cruel and barbarous MURDER of Ann Banting and her infant child, by Captain Disney, late of Newcastle upon Tyne : from the British Gazette of the 26th November, 1820.

The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengel after A. Varotari, il Padovanino.

Soldiers pillaging a village. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

Suicide of the great enamelist : we have just received the important news at our office, from reliable quarters, that the great Beautifier has committed suicide by strangulation, while in her cell in prison.

Murder : a Home Office Research Unit report / by Evelyn Gibson and S. Klein.

Sebald de Weert is killed in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, by officers of the King of Kandy, 1603. Engraving.

Judith with Holofernes' head; her maid behind her. Line engraving after C. Allori.

Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.

A man cutting the throat of another man with a knife. Gouache painting.

Soldiers attacking a coach on a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.

A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.