The British Execution: 1500–1964 (Shire Library) by Stephen Banks

The British Execution: 1500–1964 (Shire Library) by Stephen Banks

Author:Stephen Banks [Banks, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: The British Execution
Publisher: Osprey Publishing Ltd
Published: 2013-09-16T23:00:00+00:00


Captain Dangerfield in the Pillory; shortly after leaving it, he was killed by a blow to the head. (Woodcut by an unnamed artist in the Roxburghe Ballads, Vol. 5, part 1, page 174.)

Two offenders pilloried at Charing Cross in 1809. A large crowd has gathered to enjoy the spectacle. (Aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin for Ackermann’s Microcosm of London, 1808–10.)

Under The Scaffold, or The Hangman’s Pupils, a satire on the fascination with public executions. (Matt Morgan in The Tomahawk, 26 October 1867.)



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