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The characters of the several noblemen and gentlemen that have died in the defence of their respective princes, or the liberties of their country. Together with the character of those who have suffer'd for treason and rebellion, for the last 300 years. With An Account of their Behaviour and Speeches at their respective Executions. Being a proper Supplement to the State-Tryals. By Mr. Salmon.
Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Books
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After souls by death are separated from their bodies, they come to judgment. Asserted in a sermon deliver'd at Worcester, November 24th, 1737. Being the day of the execution of John Hamilton, alias Hugh Henderson. (With his confession and dying warning.) By John Campbell, M.A. and Pastor of the church in Oxford, N.E. [Six lines of quotations]
Campbell, John, 1691-1761.Date: 1738- Books
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An enquiry into the causes of the frequent executions at Tyburn: and A Proposal for some Regulations concerning Felons in Prison, and the good Effects to be Expected from them. To which is Added, A Discourse on Transportation, and a Method to render that Punishment more Effectual. By B. Mandeville, M. D.
Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Pictures
An executioner raises his sword as he prepares to sever the head of one of two ring leaders of a band of pirates who attacked the houseboat Helvetia in Canton, a group of soldiers in parade stand behind and in the foreground a group of on-lookers. Photogravure after A. Michie after a drawing by F.C. Dickinson ca. 1880.
Dickinson, F.C.Date: [1880?]Reference: 586381i- Books
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The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, Minister of the Gospel at Lawrence-Jury, London; who was beheaded on Tower-Hill in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England: giving an account of Babylon's fall, or the destruction of popery; and, in the glorious event, a general reformation over all the world.
Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.Date: 1759- Books
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Prospectus of the Revolutionary Magazine, (to be continued weekly.) By a Society of Gentlemen.
Date: 1795?]- Books
The hanging tree : execution and the English people, 1770-1868 / V.A.C. Gatrell.
Gatrell, Vic, 1941-Date: 1996- Pictures
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A Chinese man being garrotted attached to a cross; two guards watching him. Wood engraving, 1857.
Date: [1857]Reference: 579912i- Pictures
China: the mutilated bodies of two men who had been tortured, dismembered and beheaded. Photograph, ca. 1900.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663857i- Books
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The serious consideration, that God will visit and judge men for sin, would be a happy means to keep them from it. A sermon preach'd at Cambridge, September 15th. 1738. On occasion of the execution of Philip Kennison, for the crime of burglary. By William Williams, M.A. Pastor of the church in Weston. [Five lines of Scripture texts] With the confession of his faith.
Williams, William, 1688-1760.Date: 1738- Pictures
The beheading of the accomplices of the murderers of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
Wirgman, Charles, 1832-1891.Date: 1865Reference: 580192i- Books
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Prophecies of the Reverend Christopher Love: and his last words on the scaffold: who was beheaded at Tower-Hill, London: on the twenty-second day of August, 1651.
Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Ephemera
Crime and executions ephemera. Box 1.
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An elephant killing an Indian criminal by stamping on his head; guards standing next to it. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker, 1875, after E. Bayard after L. Rousselet.
Rousselet, Louis, 1845-1929.Date: [1875]Reference: 579970i- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.
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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- Pictures
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An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition: the burning of heretics in a market place. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after Bocourt after T. Robert-Fleury.
Robert-Fleury, Tony, 1837-1911.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 43737i- Books
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A narrative of the life, together with the last speech, confession and solemn declaration, of John Lewis, who was executed at Chester, on Saturday the 21st of September, 1760, for the most inhuman, barbarous and bloody murder of his wife; which unnatural deed he committe on Friday the 27th of June, preceding. With his letter to Mr. Raine, the sub-sheriff of Chester, concerning the publication of the following narrative: and a penitential prayer which he composed just before his execution. [Two lines from Shekspear [sic]]
Lewis, John, 1727-1760.Date: 1762- Books
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The reasons and design of public punishments; a sermon, delivered before the people who were collected to the execution of Moses Dunbar, who was condemned for high treason against the state of Connecticut, and executed March 19th, A.D. 1777. By Nathan Strong, pastor of the first church in Hartford.
Strong, Nathan, 1748-1816.Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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An Account of the execution of the Late Laurence Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, and of His Lordship's behaviour, from the time of his being delivered into the custody of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, until the time of his execution. By the authority of the sheriffs.
Date: M,DCC,LX. [1760]- Books
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Two sermons: the first from Psalm CII. 19, 20. Delivered the Lord's-Day before the execution of Levi Ames. Who was executed at Boston, Thursday October 21. for burglary. Aet. 22. This discourse was preached at the desire of the criminal, who also attended on the occasion. The second from Proverbs XVII. 25. Preached the Lords-Day after his execution; and designed as an improvement of that awful event, by way of caution to others. To which is added, at the request of many, an account of the exercise of his mind, from the time of his condemnation, till he left the world; together with the conversation the author had with him as he walked with him from the prison to the gallows. By all which, compared with his latter conduct, he may be thought in a judgment of charity, to have died, a penitent thief. By Samuel Stillman, A.M. Pastor of the First Baptist Churc in Boston. [One line from Luke]
Stillman, Samuel, 1738-1807.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Pictures
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A man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking composition but is not finished in detail. Soft ground etching after Henry Alken.
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851.Date: 1824Reference: 31590i- Pictures
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist: the executioner presenting the head to Salome. Etching by W. Unger after C. Fabritius.
Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.Reference: 6259i- Pictures
China: a man being beheaded, while the body of a man already beheaded lies in the foreground; a crowd of Chinese people and some Europeans stand around. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663487i- Pictures
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Vietnam: a man in a pillory, who is being led to his execution, accompanied by his family members, his executioner (holding sword) and officials. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.-E. Hocquard.
Hocquard, Charles-Edouard, 1853-1911.Date: 1890Reference: 579892i