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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Line engraving by Rivers, 1813, after G. Douw.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Date: 1813Reference: 43536i- Pictures
The head of John the Baptist is brought to Salome; Bacchus stands behind her with a dismembered stag. Engraving by T. Holloway after J.H. Füssli.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825.Reference: 22684i- 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- Pictures
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Kowloon, Hong Kong: five pirates awaiting beheading, while Chinese soldiers and dignitaries line up behind. Photograph, 1891.
Date: [1891]Reference: 663758i- Ephemera
Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.
Date: [1862]- 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
The Virgin of the prison. Print with letterpress.
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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- Pictures
China: the mutilated bodies of two men who had been tortured, dismembered and beheaded. Photograph, ca. 1900.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 663857i- Pictures
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W.H. Egleton, 1844, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Reference: 6254i- Pictures
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.
Freman, G.Date: [1705?]Reference: 6249i- Pictures
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Line engraving by Teodoro after A. del Sarto.
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530.Reference: 6245i- Pictures
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by S. Mulinari after E. Sirani.
Sirani, Elisabetta, 1638-1665.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 6248i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0001084: A Chinese woman being taken to be executed by strangulation
Date: 12 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/10/20Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
Christ is crucified before the multitude. Woodcut.
Reference: 23190i- Pictures
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The murder of Captain Benevente, and the conspiracy and subsequent divine punishment of the culprits. Etching with engraving and letterpress.
Date: [1726?]Reference: 43758i- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera (A1). Box ++82.
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A short narrative of the life and death of John Rhinholdt Count Patkul, a nobleman of Livonia, who was broke alive upon the wheel in Great Poland, Anno 1707. Together with the manner of his execution: written by the Lutheran minister, who assisted him in his last hours. Faithfully translated out of a High Dutch manuscript; and now Publish'd for the Information of Count Gyllenborg's English Friends. By L.M.
L. M.Date: [1717]- Pictures
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Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving.
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Afghanistan: the retinue of Shah Shoojau-Ool-Moolk, including his Chief Executioner and a Mutilator. Lithograph by L. Haghe after L.W. Hart, 1843.
Hart, Lockyer Willis, active 1843.Date: [April 2nd 1843]Reference: 581657i- Books
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Death God's executioner. A sermon, on I Cor. XV. 26. preach'd at the funeral of Godfrey Gowert, public executioner of Koningsberg in Prussia, wherein the origin, institution, and necessity of that office are considered. By M. Lilienthal, ... Translated into English from th original German.
Lilienthal, Michael, 1686-1750.Date: 1750- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.
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A copy of verses : written upon the unfortunate Eliza Anthony, suspected of having been murdered.
Date: [1823?]- Pictures
Lady Jane Grey is led to her execution, handing over her table-book to Sir John Gage. Line engraving with etching by Warren after W. Hamilton, 1802.
Hamilton, William, 1751-1801.Date: 11 December 1802Reference: 43438i- Pictures
Lamenting people dwarfed by the radiant, crucified Christ. Woodcut by A. De Carolis after himself.
De Carolis, Adolfo, 1874-1928.Reference: 23199i