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  • The trial of William Palmer for the Rugeley poisonings / [William Palmer].
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A Chinese man with a knife trying to kill a young sailor on a ship. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.
  • Cain violently kills Abel. Engraving by Jan Muller after Cornelis van Harlem.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Thomas of Canterbury. Coloured etching by J. Carter, 1786.
  • A prostitute gives evidence to a magistrate: she points towards Tom Idle dividing loot with his accomplice, as a corpse is being disposed of through a trapdoor. Engraving by Thomas Cook, 1795, after William Hogarth.
  • Soldiers sacking a mansion and torturing its inhabitants. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • A drunken man is arrested for killing his wife. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • 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.
  • A man performing a chemical procedure is approached from behind behind by another man who strangles him with a scarf. Process print by V&C after P. Chase.
  • An episode in 'Jack Sheppard' by W.H. Ainsworth: Owen Wood, on the river Thames in a stormy night, rescues the child Jack Sheppard. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1839.
  • Execution of the William Burke
  • 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 gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • 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.
  • Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr. Engraving by W.T. Fry.
  • A man holding an oil lamp and a dagger is standing next to a woman asleep in a canopied bed; Gothic window in the background. Coloured mezzotint, ca. 1800.
  • Soldiers plundering a convent, killing and raping the men and women that resist them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Soldiers pillaging a village. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Soldiers attacking a coach on a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Cain slaying Abel. Etching by V. Lefebvre after Titian.
  • An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
  • The Sultan stabs Zara in the chest: the finale of the play Zaire (Zara) by Voltaire. Etching.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • An man in classical costume (Lord Strawberry), standing outside a prison, is pointing his pistol at the man kneeling at his feet amidst two corpses. Aquatint, 1811.
  • Cain killing Abel. Etching.
  • Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.