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Khiva, Uzbekistan: a woman being stoned to death and a man being hanged. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after E. Bayard, 1878.

The refurbishment (or building) of a Lock Hospital; men with various ailments are stepping out of Pandora's box; a rich, smiling, doctor drives by in a carriage. Coloured etching by T. Williamson, 1802.

The Royal Naval Hospital and the Queen's House, Greenwich, the Isle of Dogs beyond. Watercolour attributed to G. Samuel.

Double picture: a person hanging from the gallows; a witch burning a sleeping couple while a demon figure carries off a child. Woodcut, 1790.

James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

A woman covers her eyes as she steals the teeth of a hanged man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.

The execution of Father Garnet by hanging. Wood engraving.

Roderigo Lopez: he conspires to poison Queen Elizabeth I and is hanged. Photograph after an engraving by F. van Hulsen, 1627.

The hanging of Hassan Bey in Constantinople. Wood engraving, 1876.

A poor depressed man prepares to hang himself in a noose attached to the ceiling. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

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.

The hanging of Saint Maximus of Salzburg; Roman soldiers and other figures in the foreground, an army in the background. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J.M. Kager.

The governor of Meaux hanged on a tree in full armour. Engraving with etching by Walker after S. Wale.

The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.

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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.

James Graham Marquess of Montrose about to mount the ladder to the gibbet in the marketplace of Edinburgh. Wood engraving by C. Roberts.

The hanging of Saint Maximus of Salzburg; Roman soldiers and other figures in the foreground, an army in the background. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J.M. Kager.

The governor of Meaux hanged on a tree in full armour. Engraving with etching by Walker after S. Wale.

The body of Earl Ferrers, displayed upright in his coffin at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraving by Valois.