Execution Collection (page 6)

The end of the Romanovs, Russia, c1918. The room in the palace at Yekaterinburg in which Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolseviks after the Rusian Revolution

The assassination of Henry III of France, 1589. King from 1574, Henry (1551-1589) was assassinated by a Dominican friar, Jacques Clement, for his opposition to the Catholic Holy League

Miss Cavell, 1915: The Execution of Edith Cavell, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Miss Cavell, 1915: The Execution of Edith Cavell, 1916. Plate 88 from from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers

Hanging of the Lincoln assassination conspirators, Washington DC, USA, 7th July, 1865. The assassinination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth was part of a wider conspiracy

Joshua 10: 16-27: the execution of the five kings
Joshua 10:16-27: the execution of the five kings. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

An execution of witches in England, 17th century

Producing brochures at the White Rose Press Co, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Women working with the guillotines and making up brochures in the binding room of the the White Rose Press Company

Garrote Vil, 1894. Found in the collection of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

Sheet with drawing of the execution of the Decembrists, 1826-1827. Found in the Collection of Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House), St Petersburg

The Burning of three witches in Baden on November 4, 1585. Found in the Collection of Zentralbibliothek Zurich

The Nihilists carried to Execution in St. Petersburg, ca 1881. Artist: Anonymous
The Nihilists carried to Execution in St. Petersburg, ca 1881. Private Collection

Execution of Charles I, 1882. Artist: Haendler, Paul (1833-1903)
Execution of Charles I, 1882. Private Collection

The execution of the Nihilists, ca 1881. Artist: Anonymous
The execution of the Nihilists, ca 1881. Private Collection

The execution of the Streltsy. From: Histoire de Russie by Blin de Sainmore, c. 1800. Private Collection

The Execution of Anne du Bourg on December 23, 1559, 1568. Artist: Perrissin, Jean Jacques (1536 / 1538-after 1611)
The Execution of Anne du Bourg on December 23, 1559, 1568. Private Collection

Blowing from guns in British India, 1857. Artist: Anonymous
Blowing from guns in British India, 1857. Private Collection

Blowing from guns in British India, c. 1890. Artist: Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904)
Blowing from guns in British India, c. 1890. Private Collection

Execution of Joachim Murat by firing squad in Pizzo Calabro, October 13, 1815, ca 1820. From a private collection

The Murder of Patrona Halil and his Fellow Rebels. Artist: Vanmour (Van Mour), Jean-Baptiste (1671-1737)
The Murder of Patrona Halil and his Fellow Rebels. Found in the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Martyrdom of St Peter, Rome, c64 (1493). St Peter is said to have been crucified at Rome with his head, not his feet, nearest the ground

Varus, the cruel Governor of Meaux executed, 1787
Varus, the cruel Governor of Meaux executed, on the same Tree whereon he used wantonly to hang his English Prisoners in the Reign of Henry 5, c1787

The Execution of Montrose, c1880. Episode from the English Civil War (1642-1651). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Execution of the Mayor of Bodmin, c1880. Artist: C. R
Execution of the Mayor of Bodmin, c1880. Episode form the Ango-Cornish War (1549). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Monseigneur Le Duc D Orleans, 1789, (1913). Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
Monseigneur Le Duc D Orleans, 1789, (1913). Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755-1832), French nobleman. From French Colour-Prints of the XVIII Century. [William Heinemann, London, 1913]

Three men and a woman hanged for the assassination of Lincoln, c1865, (1938). Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt hanged for the assassination of Lincoln

Espolio (Entkleidung Christi. ), (Disrobing of Christ), c1577-1579, (1938). Artist: El Greco
Espolio (Entkleidung Christi.), (Disrobing of Christ), c1580-1595, (1938). The Disrobing of Christ or El Expolio was begun in the summer of 1577

The Royal Martyrdom, from a ballad of 1648 (1964). A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964. (Colorised black and white print)

Execution of Louis XVI of France, Paris, 21st January 1793 (1882-1884). After the monarchy was overthrown by the French Revolution in 1789, Louis, his Queen, Marie Antoinette

Execution of slave trader Nathaniel Gordon in the Tombs prison in New York, 1862, (1938). Sentimental enthusiasm for notions of brotherhood of man found frequent

Execution of Charles I. c1649, (1903). Artist: Sebastian Furck
Execution of Charles I. c1649, (1903). From Social England, Volume IV, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Newgate - The Gallows, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Newgate - The Gallows, 1891. Newgate Prison was a prison in London, at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey just inside the City of London

Charles I, 1845. Charles I (1600-1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. After Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)

Tragic Dignity, 1926. Artist: John Francis Smith
Tragic Dignity, 1926. From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

Escenas Del 3 De Mayo De 1808, (May 3, 1808 in Madrid), 1814, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya
Escenas Del 3 De Mayo De 1808, (May 3, 1808 in Madrid), 1814, (c1934). The executions of patriots in Madrid, illustrating the capture

The Earl of Somerset Summoned for Execution, 1838. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506-1552), Lord Protector of England during part of the Tudor period from 1547 until 1549

Anne Bullen, Committed to the Tower, 1838. Anne Boleyn (1507-1536), Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. From The History of England, Vol. 1, by David Hume, Esq

Martyrs at Smithfield, London, c1600 (1904)
Martyrs at Smithfield, c1600, (1904). From London in the Time of Tudors, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1904]. (Colorised black and white print)

Execution of Lord Derwentwater on Tower Hill (From an Old Print), 24 February 1716, (c1880). James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716)

A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock, c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd
A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock, c1795. Situated on the bank of the Thames at Wapping, London, Execution Dock was a place of execution for pirates

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 1777, (1913). Artist: Jean Francois Janinet
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 1777, (1913). Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of Louis XVI of France, (1843). The daughter of Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria

Graf Egmont 1522-1568. - Gemalde vn Louis Gaillait, 1934
Graf Egmont 1522-1568. 1934. Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522-1568), Flemish general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years War

The execution of Anne Boleyn, 1536. Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn in 1533 after divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon

Execution of the Earl of Strafford, c1641, (1903). Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Execution of the Earl of Strafford, c1641, (1903). Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641) was Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1632 until 1639, establishing a strong authoritarian rule

The Execution of Dudley Earl of Leicester, 1859. English nobleman and close friend and suitor of Elizabeth I. Patron of the Puritan movement and a Protestant condemned to death on the scaffold

The Marquis of Montrose at the Place of Execution, 1650 (1878). Artist: T Bauer
The Marquis of Montrose at the Place of Execution, 1650 (1878). James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612?1650), Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier. After Edward Matthew Ward (1816?1879)

Sketch for plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747. The idle prentice executed at Tyburn. The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Tom Idles execution

The execution of the Duke of Monmouth, Tower Hill, London, 15 July 1685 (1903). James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), an illegitimate son of Charles II (1630-1685)

The execution of the Earl of Strafford on Tower Hill, London, 12 May 1641 (1903). Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641) was Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1632 until 1639

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