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  • Richard Patch, hanged for murder. Line engraving, 1813.
  • Confession of John Bishop. the horrible murder of an Italian boy.
  • Confession of John Bishop. the horrible murder of an Italian boy.
  • The trial of Dr Edward William Pritchard for murder by poisoning. Wood engraving, 1865.
  • The Tarakeshwar murder: Elokeshi offers a betel-leaf to the seated Mahant. Watercolour drawing.
  • The murder of Simon Sudbury at the Tower of London in 1381. Coloured lithograph.
  • A Particular Account of James Cawthorne : who was executed on the Drop at Lincoln Castle, Thursday, August 9, 1821 : for the Murder of his Wife.
  • A pair of police constables, wearing stovepipe hats, rushing to send a telegraphic report of a murder. Engraving.
  • The murder of the De Witt brothers in the Hague on 20 August 1672. Etching by R. de Hooghe.
  • A cathedral tower, advertising an AIDS benefit performance of T.S. Eliot's 'Murder in the cathedral' in Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by Ulrikka S. Gernes and Dermat Tatlow, ca. 1995, for AIDS Concern.
  • The murder of Captain Benevente, and the conspiracy and subsequent divine punishment of the culprits. Etching with engraving and letterpress.
  • The procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
  • The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
  • Madame Tiquet about to be beheaded for murder, 1699. Line engraving with etching by H.R. Cook, 1819, after G. Cruikshank.
  • Trial, confession, and execution of Courvoisier for the murder of Lord Wm. Russell : memoir of F. B. Courvoisier, Lord W. Russell's valet.
  • Scenes in the trial of Percy Lefroy Mapleton at Maidstone Assizes for murder of Isaac Gold on the London-Brighton railway. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • A group of politicians debate at a coroner's inquest whether Lord Melbourne's temporary resignation was equivalent to murder or to suicide. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Four cherubs shout out to God requests to punish the four worst sins of mankind: murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and failure to pay due wages. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Beatrice Cenci, her stepmother Lucrezia, and one of her father's assassins are imprisoned and questioned by the papal authorities; Beatrice is tortured, and Lucrezia tries to persuade her to confess to the murder. Etching, ca. 1850.
  • The murder of Archbishop Sharp: he is lying on the ground before his coach, his daughter is restrained from attending him as one of the surrounding men draws his sword. Line engraving by H. Bourne after W. Allan.
  • The murder of Maria-Theresa of Savoy-Carignan, Princess of Lamballe: French revolutionaries dragging her naked, headless, body along the streets of Paris with her head on a pike. Etching by T. Wallis after W.M. Craig, 1815.
  • The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.
  • The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc.
  • The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc.
  • The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc.
  • The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc.
  • The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc.
  • Daniel McNaughton, Insane Murderer, in Illus. Lond. News.
  • The death-mask of Maria Manning, the murderer: three views. Lithograph by John Lane.
  • Sir Charles Lyell. Wood engraving by W. Murden, 1865.