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  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Maimed, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • William Cox, burglar, in Newgate prison. Etching, ca. 1773.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Peasants avenging themselves by attacking soldiers from woods next to a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Maimed soldiers dragging themselves to a hospital. Etching, 1730, after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.
  • A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Criminal soldiers are broken on the wheel on a scaffold in the middle of a marketplace. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Criminal soldiers are caught in their hiding places in woods and brought to justice. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Jack Sheppard in prison. Etching, ca. 1724.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers by hanging them in large numbers on a tree. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • The burning of criminal soldiers on the stake. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • Mary (Molly) Blandy, before her execution for poisoning her father. Etching, 1752.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb. Engraving by L. Kilian after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum: panoramic view. Wood engraving, 1867.
  • The punishment of criminal soldiers on a scaffold-like contraption called "Strappado". Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.