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  • The new and complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... Containing ... narratives ... of the various executions and other exemplary punishments ... in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1700 to the present time / by William Jackson.
  • The new and complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... Containing ... narratives ... of the various executions and other exemplary punishments ... in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1700 to the present time / by William Jackson.
  • The new and complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... Containing ... narratives ... of the various executions and other exemplary punishments ... in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1700 to the present time / by William Jackson.
  • Des délits et des peines / traduit de l'italien par J.-A.-S. Collin de Plancy ... précédé d'une notice sur Beccaria.
  • Page 9: a courtroom scene showing a judge passing sentence on a couple. Watercolour drawing.
  • A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is hitting him with a wooden stick. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • A surgeon treating the back of a man who has been punished by whipping, four men stand over them in a prison cell (?) Etching by J. Amman (?).
  • Two Chinese men carrying the cangue around their necks as a punishment. Wood engraving after John Thomson.
  • A Chinese man lying on the ground, with a man seated on his back and another holding his feet, is being beaten. Engraving by W. Wetherhead, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • Five men beating three women with sticks in Ethiopia. Wood engraving by É. Bayard after G. Lejean, 1867.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • The new and complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... Containing ... narratives ... of the various executions and other exemplary punishments ... in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1700 to the present time / by William Jackson.
  • The new and complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... Containing ... narratives ... of the various executions and other exemplary punishments ... in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1700 to the present time / by William Jackson.
  • A man tied to a stump by a chain around his neck; a Chinese shoemaker at work. Coloured stipple by A. Freschi, ca. 1812.
  • The burning of criminal soldiers on the stake. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • The new and complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... Containing ... narratives ... of the various executions and other exemplary punishments ... in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, from the year 1700 to the present time / by William Jackson.
  • Two Chinese prisoners receiving food: an official is shown supervising the weighing and distribution of food to the two prisoners, who are shown carring one small bowl each. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 1780/1880?.
  • A kneeling Chinese woman is subjected to torture: the woman's hands are tied above her head, while two men insert a pole between her wrists. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
  • A Chinese man imprisoned with bound hands and feet is reclining on a bench. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.
  • A Chinese man is held on the ground by a man while another is burning his eyes with lime. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • Two Chinese men wearing red jackets are holding a Chinese prisoner by the ears and under the arms. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers on a scaffold-like contraption called "Strappado". Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.