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  • Lady Jane Grey is blindfolded and led to the execution block where the executioner waits, axe in hand. Line engraving by P. Mercury after H. Delaroche.
  • 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.
  • Three Chinese men being subjected to torture and execution: left, the body of a recently decapitated man, centre, a man tied to a cross, right, an executioner prepars to decapitate a kneeling man. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 18--?.
  • Execution of J. Frampton and Andrew Barton
  • Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Engraving.
  • Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Engraving.
  • Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Engraving.
  • 'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.
  • The execution of mutineers in Peshawar: men being hanged and blown from guns. Wood engraving, 1857.
  • A prisoner led to his execution through a field littered with skulls and skeletons. Wood engraving.