"Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino awaiting execution on raised platform encircled by line of infantry within line of cavalry; groups of onlookers at ground level and at windows and on balconies"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Ryall at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746. and Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746.
"The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, un...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 27, 1813, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Executions, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, Bonfires, and Lanterns
Plate [117] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Mary kneeling at left with rosary in hand before the executioner's block, being blindfolded by a guard, the executioner raising his axe, watching her from right; grieving figure behind ...
Alternative Title:
Mary Queen of Scots previous to her execution
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587,
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions, Executioners, and Axes
On a wooden platform a crowned goose, representing George III, lays its head on the executioner's block. To the left standing over the goose is a fox with a raised axe. On the far left Lord North and on the right a young man (the Prince of Wales?) dan...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Darchery May 30, 1783, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Geese, Foxes, Executions, and Clothing & dress
A squel to the print "The Battle of Cornhill", showing an eastern view of Temple Bar and a view of Fleet Street showing the exterior of Nando's Coffee House and The Devil Tavern; the gates of Temple Bar are closed; at the top of the bar are the heads ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fletcher, George, -1745., Towneley, Francis, -1745., and Temple Bar (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Bird's-eye views, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Clergy, Crowds, Coffeehouses, Decapitations, Executions, Riots, and Taverns (Inns)
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this clou...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 50K(a) Box 215
Collection Title:
Leaf 45. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground a...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. Sep. 30 1747.
Call Number:
Sotheby 54 Box 100
Collection Title:
Plate 54. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground a...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. Sep. 30 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 54. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground a...
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
