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The Martyrdom of Saint Ignatius, 16th century. Ignatius of Antioch (dc107), Bishop of Antioch, was sentenced to death under Trajan, taken to Rome and killed by lions in the Colosseum

The Beheading of John the Baptist, c1630. The executioner holds up St Johns bleeding head for Salome to receive on a golden platter. From a Private collection

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, 1775. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Andre Gautier d Agoty
Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, 1775. The daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) married the French Dauphin (the future King Louis XVI)

Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian actor, theatre director and producer, 1930s. Meyerhold (1874-1930) established his own theatre in Moscow in 1922

Barnabe Brisson, 16th century French philologist and jurist. Brisson (1531-1591) became President of the Parliament (Parlement) of Paris in 1588

St Denis, Patron Saint of France, 1826. St Denis, also known as Denys or Dionysius (dc258) was the first bishop of Paris. Persecuted under the Roman Emperor Valerian (c193-260)

Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, c1520-1536. Anne (c1504-1536) married Henry in 1533. She provided Henry with a daughter, the future Elizabeth I (1533-1603), but not the male heir he desired

Execution of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 19 June 1867. The younger brother of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria, Maximilian (1863-1867)

Francois Athanase de Charette de la Contrie, French royalist counter-revolutionary leader, 1790s. Charette (1763-1796) commanded the royalist forces in the Wars of the Vendee (1793-1796)

Madame Elizabeth, sister of King Louis XVI of France. Noted for her courage and loyalty to the king after his overthrow, Madame Elizabeth (1764-1794) was guillotined during the French Revolution

Elizabeth Sawyer, executed as a witch in England in 1621, 1794

Madame Elisabeth, 1893. Elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France (1764-1794), commonly called Madame Elisabeth, was a French princess, the daughter of Louis

The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Artist: Antoine Callet
The Princess Lamballe late 18th century. Marie-Therese-Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792), the intimate friend of Queen Marie Antoinette, was lynched by revolutionaries

Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (1508-1582), Spanish general and statesman. As governor of the Netherlands from 1567-1573, he enforced brutal anti-Protestant rule, executing some 18

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1864. Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria (1832-1867) was crowned Emperor of Mexico on 10 June 1864. By early 1865 his administration had failed

Witchfinder, (1645) 1830
Witchfinder, 1645. Mathew Hopkins (d.1647) witch-finder of Manningtree, Essex, England. In 1645 had 60 people executed for witchcraft in Essex alone

Portrait bust of Lucilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus, c160-c170. Lucilla (c148-182) was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger

Madame La Comtesse du Barry, mid to late 18th century. Creator: Louis Marin Bonnet
Madame La Comtesse du Barry, mid to late 18th century

Beheading of Saint Catherine (?). Creator: Unknown
Beheading of Saint Catherine (?)

Portrait of Marie Antoinette, 1786-1800. Creator: John Curtis
Portrait of Marie Antoinette, 1786-1800

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