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The life, trial, and behaviour of Ralph Smith, who was executed upon Lincoln Gallows, March, 16th. 1792. for the murder of Gentle Sutton.
Smith, Ralph, -1792.Date: 1792?]- Books
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The Lives, trials, and behaviour at the place of execution, of the two unfortunate men who suffered death this day upon Lincoln Gallows; William Campwell for forgery, and John Betts for horse-stealing. ...
Date: [1791]- Books
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An elegy on the death of Mr. Jo. Poe, who unfortunately departed this Life at Kilmainham Gallows, October the 20th. 1725. with a Concise Character of his Life, &c. Written the Day before his Execution.
Date: 1725]- Books
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A garland of new songs. Containing 1. The happy Shepherd. 2. The Maids Resolution to marry a Soldier. 3. The deploring Damsel. 4. The Blooming Damsel. 5. Loose every Sail to the Creeze. 6. The Gallows Whore.
Date: 1780?]- Books
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Some particulars relating to the life of William Dillon Sheppard, Who was executed at St. Michael's Hill Gallows, for sodomy, on Monday the 1st of June, 1761. Published at his own request, and by the authority of the sheriff.
Date: [1761]- Books
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The life of Thomas Munn, alias, the Gentleman Brick-Maker, alias, Tom The Smuggler, who was executed with John Hall, alias Rich, on Friday the 6th of April, 1750, at Chelmsford, and hung in Chains near Rumford Gallows, for robbing the Yarmouth Mall on the 20th of July last. Containing, A full Account of his Behaviour during a great Number of Years, as a notorious Smoggler, Gamester, &c. Together with the many Pranks he play'd at Canterbury, Cranbrook, and other Parts of Kent; at Horsham, and other Parts of Sussex: Likewise at Salisbury, Bridgwater, Bristol, Portsmouth, Southampton, Yarmouth, Woodbridge, Ipswich, Colchester, and other Parts in England; also his Expedition to France, &c. Publish'd from the copy all wrote with his own hand, and deliver'd by him the Morning of his Execution to Mr. Thomas Venden, Turnkey of His Majesty's Gaol at Chelmsford in Essex, with a particular Desire it might be printed. To which is added, a short account of the life of John Hall, his accomplice, and the Manner of their being taken: Likewise their Behaviour at the Place of Execution.
Munn, Thomas, 1705-1750.Date: M.DCC.L. [1750]- Pictures
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The bodies of two men and a skeleton hanging on a gallows; representing the status of the triad. Watercolour, ca. 1800.
Date: [1800?]Reference: 2199927i- Books
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A dialogue between the gallows and a freethinker.
Berington, Simon, 1680-1755.Date: [1744]- Pictures
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The temporary gallows in the Old Bailey, north of Newgate. Engraving with etching.
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The temporary gallows in the Old Bailey, north of Newgate. Engraving with etching.
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Praying priests holding their prayer books are led to the gallows. Line engraving.
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The prison and the gallows : the politics of mass incarceration in America / Marie Gottschalk.
Gottschalk, MarieDate: 2006- Books
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An elegy wrote under a gallows. With a preface concerning the nature of elegy.
Date: [1768?]- Pictures
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Execution of Bulgarians on makeshift gallows in the streets of Adrianople, Turkey. Wood engraving.
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The mayor of Bodmin is escorted to the gallows to be hanged. Wood engraving.
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Hangmen, the gallows and the dead man's hand in American folk medicine / [Wayland D. Hand].
Hand, Wayland D. (Wayland Debs), 1907-1986Date: 1980- Pictures
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Titus Oates is standing in the pillory while two men drive a cart with gallows past him. Mezzotint.
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Victorians against the gallows : capital punishment and the abolitionist movement in nineteenth century Britain / James Gregory.
Gregory, James (Historian)Date: 2012- Pictures
A gallows, a weathervane, a beacon, a large eye, and other objects; below, black hillocks with vegetation. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: 20th Jan. 55 [20 January 1955]Reference: 2958271iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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Double picture: a person hanging from the gallows; a witch burning a sleeping couple while a demon figure carries off a child. Woodcut, 1790.
Date: 1720Reference: 33295i- Pictures
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A Turkish man seated on a stool near a gallows prepares a noose inscribed "Declaration of war against the Allies". Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
Racey, A. G. (Arthur George), 1870-1941.Date: 1910-1919Reference: 571975i- Pictures
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A Chinese man confined to a contraption which ties his legs on to a wooden gallows whilst pinning his head firmly to the ground. Watercolour drawing.
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A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1747.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 30 September 1747Reference: 43611iPart of: Industry and idleness- Pictures
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A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 July 1795Reference: 38377iPart of: Industry and idleness- Pictures
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Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.
Date: 1776Reference: 43164i