hangings executions

Pl. 11. The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn

The place of execution. In the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A holiday at Tyburn, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

The Zenith of French Glory; -- The Pinnacle of Liberty. Religion, Jus...

Public domain image of a French military uniform, Napoleonic Wars, armed forces, France, revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The last scene - Drawing. Public domain image.

Depicting a scene from "Jack Sheppard" by W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. Three images of the execution of Jack Sheppard; the first, Jack Sheppard bidding farewell to Mr. Wood from the cart, soldiers escorting him,... More

Wie Reineke zum Tode geführt wird und seine Freunde den Hof verlassen

Illustration for a story showing Reynard the Fox being led up a ladder leaning against a makeshift gallows with a rope around his neck, pulled toward the top by "Braun" the Bear and pushed by "Hinze" the Cat, "... More

James Stuart hung by the vigilance committee on Market St. wharf on th...

Pictorial lettersheet shows man hanging from scaffolding surrounded by spectators; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 121. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.13

Ye execution of Goff ye Neger of Mr. Hochins on ye commons lith. by G....

Print shows a scene on common or park grounds where a slave is being executed by hanging before a group of soldiers; on the left, a man driving a wagon passes, and in the distance are a public well and large bu... More

Memories of the Union - execution of Nathan Hale on the site of east B...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 Nov. 24, p. 745. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old John Brown's career illustrated

Print shows five vignettes from the violent life of abolitionist John Brown, three related to "doing his Kansas work" and the fourth "commencing his Virginia work"; the fifth vignette, at center, labeled "The t... More

Civil War envelope showing hooded man hanging on gallows with message ...

Addressed to Miss Sophie V[...]beck, H[...], Orange Co., N.Y. ; postmarked Washington City Jul. 1861 ; bears Congressional free frank of Rep. Frank W. Kellogg of Michigan. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074... More

Execution of Gordon the slave-trader, New York, February 21, 1862

Illustration shows Nathaniel Gordon being prepared for hanging as a crowd of men looks on. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. VI, no. 271 (1862 March 8), p. 157 (bottom).

The execution of Emilian Pougatchiff in Moscow Jany. 10th 1775, a pret...

Print shows a crowded scene around a scaffold beneath a gibbet in Moscow as Emelʹi︠a︡n Ivanovich Pugachev arrives in a horse-drawn wagon under heavy guard; three additional gibbets have been erected in the back... More

Southern justice and the president's veto of the military government b...

Prints show a statue of a snake-haired man wearing a toga with a CSA belt holding a scale tipping in favor of the south; the unjust results of trials involving southerners and northerners; and depictions of atr... More

The lynching of Frank McManus in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Photograph shows the body of McManus hanging from a tree after being lynched by a mob. 9713 U.S. Copyright Office.

A tail they can't twist / Gillam.

Print shows Samuel S. Cox, Abram S. Hewitt, and William E. Robinson (waving a paper that states "The demands of 20,000,000 Irish-Americans") pulling on the tail of the British Lion who is resting its front paws... More

Soldiers and prisoner T. Hovenden 1884 ; Fredk. Juengling sc. N.Y. '84

Print shows John Brown leaving a jail on the way to his execution by hanging; he stops on the steps to kiss an African American infant. A delegation of sheriff and deputies follow him and the way is lined with ... More

Two ways. Book illustration from Library of Congress

"When a murder is committed in the Eastern States we do everything decently and in order ... but in the brutal West it is different, and somehwat more effective." Title on verso: Encouragement and suppression. ... More

Photo of [Hanging men and letter M] - Public domain dedication

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Adjusting the noose - images Black History Month

Photograph shows two African American men standing on gallows; one man is bound with noose around neck and the other stands next to him holding flowers; they are surrounded by four men, at least two of them caucasian.

"I just kill a few". Public domain reproduction.

Proof of lantern slide that illustrates lyrics to the song Yonkle, the Cow-Boy Jew by Will J. Harris (composer lyricist) and Harry I. Robinson (composer) shows cowboy hanging Yonkle Finkelstein as Indians crouc... More

"When I think of the pawn ship business"

Proof of lantern slide that illustrates lyrics to the song Yonkle, the Cow-Boy Jew by Will J. Harris (composer lyricist) and Harry I. Robinson (composer) shows cowboy hanging Yonkle Finkelstein as Indians obser... More

"Yonkle then commenced to pray"

Proof of lantern slide that illustrates lyrics to the song Yonkle, the Cow-Boy Jew by Will J. Harris (composer lyricist) and Harry I. Robinson (composer) shows Yonkle Finkelstein praying as cowboy holds a noose... More

[Nathan Hale, Captain in regular army, U.S.A., executed as spy by the ...

Reproduction of mural painting by Albert Herter, copyrighted 1913. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

La forca Austriaca in Serbia during World War I

Photographic postcard shows Serbs being executed by hanging in Kruševac as Austrian soldiers pose. On verso: Cartolina Postale. Carte Postale d'Italie, Tensi.

[Austrian soldiers executing Serbians by hanging]

Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le 24 Août 1914, à Louvain, ramenant un prisonnier belge, la soldatesq...

Illustration shows an executed Belgian prisoner of war, with hands and legs bound, hung on a lamp off the side of a building; German soldiers proceed down the street and around the corner. German translation o... More

You must all hang together or you'll all hang separately

Allies "France," "England," "Italy," and "United States" in front of vision of Benjamin Franklin while, in background, German troops watch military officer hang bear, representing Soviet Union, from tree. (DLC/... More

"In the Levin Domain - the Kaiser gets his deserts[sic]": 'Armistice C...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francisco Goya - Fuerte cosa es!

Public domain scan of Spanish 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francisco Goya - Duro es el paso!

Public domain scan of Spanish 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francisco Goya - Tampoco. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain scan of Spanish 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

[Hanging of Joseph Brassell and George Andrew for murders of Russell a...

Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of mo... More

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

[Hanging of Joseph Brassell and George Andrew for murders of Russell a...

Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of mo... More

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Execution of the conspirators -- the drop

Stereograph showing the gallows where the conspirators are hung; many men are standing on the platform and soldiers line the top of a wall in the background. Photographic Incidents of the War from the Gallery ... More

Execution of the conspirators -- the drop

Stereograph showing the gallows where the conspirators are hung; many men are standing on the platform and soldiers line the top of a wall in the background. Photographic Incidents of the War from the Gallery ... More

Troops drawn up in Hollow Square to witness an execution

Stereograph showing Union troops in formation surrounding a scaffold near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 983. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to John Reekie, b... More

Troops drawn up in Hollow Square to witness an execution

Stereograph showing Union troops in formation surrounding a scaffold near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 983. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to John Reekie, b... More

Suffron precepto Caroli laqueo suspensus

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rubric; full-page miniature of kings strung up.

Public domain image of Renaissance art, painting, medieval, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Francisco Goya - A caza de dientes.

Public domain photograph of 18th019th-century cartoon print, satirical portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From the Independent Monitor, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, September 1, 1808. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Hanging of Joseph Brassell and George Andrew for murders of Russell an...

Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of mo... More

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Hanging of Joseph Brassell and George Andrew for murders of Russell an...

Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of mo... More

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

Because she loved him so - Public domain sheet music scan

[Execution of Private William Johnson, 23 regt., U.S.C.T.]

Photograph shows the hanging of Private William Johnson and other soldiers witnessing the event, Petersburg, Virginia. Title from Gladstone's inventory notes. Pencil inscription on back reads: Hanging negro sol... More

[Execution of Private William Johnson, 23 regt., U.S.C.T.]

Photograph shows the hanging of Private William Johnson and other soldiers witnessing the event, Petersburg, Virginia. Title from Gladstone's inventory notes. Pencil inscription on back reads: Hanging negro sol... More

The last moments of John Brown (leaving the jail on the morning of his...

Print shows John Brown, under heavy guard, kissing a young African American child, as he leaves a jail on his way to the gallows. Includes a remarque of Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing left. Q17090 U.S. ... More

The last moments of John Brown (leaving the jail on the morning of his...

Print shows John Brown, under heavy guard, kissing a young African American child, as he leaves a jail on his way to the gallows. Includes a remarque of Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing left. Q17090 U.S. ... More

[Stagecoach robbery series] What the sheriff found / / Photographed an...

Photograph shows staged hanging of stage coach robber from tree; sheriff observes from horseback. J158584 U.S. Copyright Office No. 1979 (8). Copyright 1911. Copyright deposit ; Tangen (Ed.) Boulder, Colo. ; A... More

[Stagecoach robbery series] What the sheriff found / / Photographed an...

Photograph shows staged hanging of stage coach robber from tree; sheriff observes from horseback. J158584 U.S. Copyright Office No. 1979 (8). Copyright 1911. Copyright deposit ; Tangen (Ed.) Boulder, Colo. ; A... More

Execution of the conspirators. The arrival on the scaffold. July 7, 1...

Stereograph shows the execution of President Lincoln's assassins. Part of the series, Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 981. Gardner's 1865 copyright line on bottom recto. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2010; (D... More

Execution of the conspirators. The arrival on the scaffold. July 7, 1...

Stereograph shows the execution of President Lincoln's assassins. Part of the series, Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 981. Gardner's 1865 copyright line on bottom recto. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2010; (D... More

Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Virginia / Negative by Brady & Co...

Stereograph shows the hanging body of William Johnson of 23rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, executed for the "attempt to outrage the person of a young lady at New-Kent Court-house" and desertion, near Petersbu... More

Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Va. / Negative by Brady & Co., Wa...

Stereograph shows the hanging body of William Johnson of 23rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, executed for the "attempt to outrage the person of a young lady at New-Kent Court-house" and desertion, near Petersbu... More

The tree and the fruit - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 377.

The tree and the fruit - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 377.

Execution of a Colored soldier - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the execution of William Johnson, 23rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops (USCT), at Petersburg, Va., 1864. From series Photographic History, 1861-1865. "The War for the Union, 1861-1865"... More

Execution of a Colored soldier - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows the execution of William Johnson, 23rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops (USCT), at Petersburg, Va., 1864. From series Photographic History, 1861-1865. "The War for the Union, 1861-1865"... More

Troops drawn up in Hallow Square to witness an execution

Stereograph showing Union troops in formation surrounding a scaffold near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 983. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to John Reekie, b... More

Troops drawn up in Hallow Square to witness an execution

Stereograph showing Union troops in formation surrounding a scaffold near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 983. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to John Reekie, b... More

Andersonville Prison as seen by John L. Ransom, author and publisher o...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Andersonville Prison, with prisoner's tents, gallows for executions, and a stream for washing, surrounded by three rows of stockade fences and with artillery batteries of ca... More

Andersonville Prison as seen by John L. Ransom, author and publisher o...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Andersonville Prison, with prisoner's tents, gallows for executions, and a stream for washing, surrounded by three rows of stockade fences and with artillery batteries of ca... More