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RMDAT1XJ–justice, penitentiary system, beheading, execution by the sword, Yemen, 1963, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RMG39PFC–Sir Walter Raleigh awaiting execution in Old Palace Yard, Whitehall. Beheaded under an old sentence of conspiracy against James I at the behest of the Spanish government. Date: 1618
RM2B00XAR–China: Street execution by beheading of a Chinese communist by rightist soldiers, Shanghai, 1927. The Shanghai Terror: In 1927, communists tried to end foreign rule, officially supported by the gangsters and the Kuomintang (KMT) nationalists. Leaders of the Green Gang however entered into informal alliances with Chiang Kai-shek and the Shanghailander capitalists acted against the communists and organised labour unions. The nationalists had cooperated with gang leaders since the revolution of 1911. Many communists were killed in a major gangster surprise attack in April 1927 in Shanghai.
RM2BD5N09–Public Execution or Beheading with Sword in Annan Indochina, now Vietnam. Vintage or Old Illustration or Engraving 1882
RM2RHF93F–MARIE ANTOINETTE (1755-1793) Execution of thelast Queen of France 16 October 1793. Artist unknown
RMKDDE6J–EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Undated ISIS propaganda image showing the beheading of a blasphemer by sword during a public execution in Raqqa, Syria.
RMP9H158–A portrait of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Henry's marriage to her, and her subsequent execution by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation. Anne, the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, was educated in the Netherlands and France, largely as a maid of honour to Queen Claude of France. Anne returned to England in early 1522 and secured a post at court as maid of honour to Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon. In February or March 1526, Henry VIII began his pursuit o
![Anne Boleyn (/ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn/;[7][8][9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France, largely as a maid of honour to Queen Claude of France. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2N9GYNR/anne-boleyn-bln-bln-7-8-9-c-1501-or-1507-19-may-1536-was-queen-of-england-from-1533-to-1536-as-the-second-wife-of-king-henry-viii-the-circumstances-of-her-marriage-and-of-her-execution-by-beheading-for-treason-and-other-charges-made-her-a-key-figure-in-the-political-and-religious-upheaval-that-marked-the-start-of-the-english-reformation-anne-was-the-daughter-of-thomas-boleyn-1st-earl-of-wiltshire-and-his-wife-lady-elizabeth-howard-and-was-educated-in-the-netherlands-and-france-largely-as-a-maid-of-honour-to-queen-claude-of-france-2N9GYNR.jpg "Anne Boleyn (/ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn/;[7][8][9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France, largely as a maid of honour to Queen Claude of France. Stock Photo")
RM2N9GYNR–Anne Boleyn (/ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn/;[7][8][9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, and was educated in the Netherlands and France, largely as a maid of honour to Queen Claude of France.
RM2WPKBA8–Vintage illustration of Execution of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 17th Century English History.
RMW48CM1–Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English lawyer and statesman to King Henry VIII. With coat of arms and vignette of execution by beheading. Cromwell Vice Regent. Copperplate engraving by Nicholas Pitaut after Adriaen van der Werff from Isaac de Larrey’s Histoire d’Angleterre, d’Ecosse et d’Irlande, Reinier Leers, Rotterdam, 1713.
RMB4P3EY–Old vintage Picture Postcard 1930s featuring an execution by beheading in China by Japanese troops 1930s FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY
RMP6BGDX–Nzinga or Xinga, daughter of King Bandi of Angola, ordering the execution by beheading of rival warriors. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's 'Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind,' Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.
RMDAT1XK–justice, penitentiary system, beheading, execution by the sword, Yemen, 1963, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2B015JE–China: Shanghai - Public execution of a convict in the Chinese Walled City (Nanshi). Photo by William Saunders (1832-1892), c. 1865-1870. The former Nanshi district, literally 'southern city', was the historic heart of Shanghai. It included the old, walled city as well as the nearby docklands on both sides of the Huangpu River. Shanghai County was established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. A city wall was built to repel the Wokou, and this Ming Dynasty wall defined the extent of urban Shanghai for the next few centuries.
RM2BFYRA5–Public Execution or Beheading of Three Dervishes or Mahdist fighters in Sudan following the Defeat of the Mahdists at the Battle of Toski (Tushkah) in August 1889 by Anglo-Egyptian forces. Vintage or Old Illustration or Engraving 1890.
RM2G6TBXA–LADY JANE GREY - Lady Janes signature from 'Lady Jane Grey and her times' an 1822 publication. The largely forgotten queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey (c. 1536 - 1554) , later known as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage to Lord Guildford Dudley) . The former English noble woman is also known as the 'Nine Days' Queen' because of her curtailed reign. She reigned as Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. She was politically convicted of high treason and was only 16 or 17 years old at the time of her execution by beheading. She is still viewed by many as a Protestant Martyr.
RM2JN9XYA–The execution of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, 1649 - 1685. Monmouth, an illigitimate son of King Charles II was executed for treason on Tower Hill on July 15, 1685 after the failure of what has become known as the Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion or the West Country Rebellion. His beheading was famously botched, by the executioner Jack Ketch who took as many as five blows of the axe and a final cut with a knife to sever his head. After a 17th century work.
RMHJ92X1–The beheading of King Charles I (1600 – 1649) was scheduled for Tuesday, 30 January 1649. Two of his children were permitted to visit him on 29 January and he bade them a tearful farewell. After his death they remained in England under the control of the Parliamentarians.
RMW57NWD–Execution of the Count of Argyll, 1685 The Count of Argijle Reception (title on object), Preparation for the beheading of Archibald Campbell, Second Marquis and Ninth Count of Argyll in Edinburgh on June 30, 1685. The Count of Argyll led the Duke of Monmouth in a revolt against the Catholic King James. Print marked upper right: fol: 36, (person under sentence of death) on the way to the scaffold or place of execution, Edinburgh, Archibald Campbell (2nd Marquis and 9th Earl of Argyll), Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1689, paper, etching, h 182 mm × w 135 mm
RM2HBWJXX–The execution of Lady Jane Grey, who had reigned as Queen of England for 9 days, on 12th Fabruary 1554. Painting by Paul de la Roche
RFK37FAT–Medieval beheading of Jane Grey, young woman accompained by a lord to the stump while the hangman wait for her. Old illustration by Paul Delaroche published on Magasin Pittoresque Paris 1834
RM2A7525F–Nzinga or Xinga, daughter of King Bandi of Angola, ordering the execution by beheading of rival warriors. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's 'Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind,' Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.
RM2K2JX8H–Ilia Repine Russian school Saint Nicholas of Myra Saves Three Innocents from Death St Nicholas of Myra (300-399) Christian prelate. Imprisoned by Diocletian and released by Constantine, here saving 3 innocent men from execution. Santa Claus. Oil on canvas (215 x 196 cm) Russian Museum, St Petersburg
RM2BT5G6G–Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English lawyer and statesman to King Henry VIII. With coat of arms and vignette of execution by beheading. Cromwell Vice Regent. Copperplate engraving by Nicholas Pitaut after Adriaen van der Werff from Isaac de Larreys Histoire dAngleterre, dEcosse et dIrlande, Reinier Leers, Rotterdam, 1713.
RMFF6N0D–justice, penitentiary system, beheading, execution by the guillotine, France, circa 1910, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2B01TYN–Iran/Persia: A beheading, possibly depicting the execution of the Turanian ruler Afrasiab by the Iranian king. Illustration from an early 14th century Shahnameh, Isfahan. The Shahnameh or Shah-nama ('The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran and related Perso-Iranian cultures. With around 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
RMCC244T–Execution or Beheading of Guillaume de Pommiers by the English (1377) Bordeaux, when Aquitaine Dominion of England (1154-1453)
RM2G6T1CK–Lady Jane Grey's signature as queen from 'Lady Jane Grey and Her Times' 1822. The largely forgotten queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey (c. 1536 - 1554) , later known as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage to Lord Guildford Dudley) . The former English noble woman is also known as the 'Nine Days' Queen' because of her curtailed reign. She reigned as Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. She was politically convicted of high treason and was only 16 or 17 years old at the time of her execution by beheading. She is still viewed by many as a Protestant Martyr.
RMW9EBC8–The execution of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, wife of King Henry VIII, on May 19, 1536. After a work by Jan Luyken.
RMHJ92YX–The execution of King Charles I (1600 – 1649) was scheduled for Tuesday, 30 January 1649. At about 2:00 p.m. Charles put his head on the block after saying a prayer and signalled the executioner when he was ready by stretching out his hands. He was beheaded with one clean stroke, following which some of the assembled crowd dipped their handkerchiefs in the king's blood as a memento.
RMTA28RJ–Punishments in the Middle Ages: execution of death penalty by wheels, hanging and beheading. Source: miniature, law enforcement against robbers and murderers. Diebold Schilling, Private Bauernchronik (Private Peasant Chronicle), 1480-84, page 184, Bern.
RM2G76BEY–Painting 'Beheading of Saint Dorothy' by German Renaissance painter Hans Baldung Grien (1516) on display at the permanent exhibition of old masters of the National Gallery (Národní galerie) in Sternberg Palace (Šternberský palác) in Prague, Czech Republic.
RM2WR8JB9–The beheading of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 1619, Image of the execution carried out on the XIII May 1619 by Jan van Oldenbarnevelt, a lawyer for Hollant / Nero tamen subtraxit oculos, Jussitque scelera sed non spectavit. Tacitus in Vita agricolae (title on object), The beheading of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt at the Binnenhof in The Hague on May 13, 1619. View of the square with all the surrounding buildings and the gathered public. In the tower at the top left is the court of Prince Maurits. In the performance three banderoles with statements by Van Oldenbarnevelt and Prince Maurits.
RFF54PTW–Stained glass window depicting the execution of a martyr in the Saint Gatien Cathedral of Tours, France.
RM2EJ4WP4–Late 19th century vintage photograph: Felice, Felix Beato studio - Execution by beheading and crucifixion, Japan, 1860's
RMA8FEMB–Roman Catholics beheaded by order of Henry VIII including Thomas More, John Fisher and the Countess of Salisbury 1535. Hand-colored woodcut
RMKCEK0X–Woodcut print depicting the execution of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601) an English nobleman and general. Dated 17th Century
RMDB1F7K–justice, penitentiary system, beheading, execution of Lady Jane Grey, Tower, London, engraving by George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), 19th century, 16th century, graphic, graphics, Great Britain, Tudor period, jurisdiction, penalties, punishment, punishments, death penalty, executioner, executioners, decapitator, decapitators, hangman, hangmen, executioner's axe, axe, axes, ax, block, decapitation, scaffold, scaffolds, Lady Jane Grey (1536 / 1537 - 1554), for a few days queen of England 1553, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RM2K64DW1–Late 19th century vintage photograph: Felice, Felix Beato studio - Execution by beheading and crucifixion, Japan, 1860's
RMGCYH1E–This is an engraving of the execution of rebels following the Jacobite rebellion in 1745-1746. The prisoners on the scaffold are surrounded by soldiers, and by large crowds on foot and in grandstands.1746
RM2B00MF7–China: 'Japanese soldiers beheading Chinese citizens suspected of Russian sympathies near Mukden (Shenyang)'. Illustration fro Le Petit Journal, April 1905. The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was the first great war of the 20th century which grew out of the rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea. The resulting campaigns, in which the Japanese military attained victory over the Russian forces arrayed against them, were unexpected by world observers.
RMCE50R8–The Death, Execution and Beheading of Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba, Emperor 68-69AD. c16th Wood Engraving
RM2WHX88P–WW2 JAPANESE WAR CRIME BEHEADING OF SERGEANT SIFFLEET SHOCKING JAPANESE ATROCITY Aitape, New Guinea. 24 October 1943. A photograph found on a dead Japanese soldier showing (Sgt) Leonard G. Siffleet of 'M' Special Unit, wearing a blindfold and with his arms tied, about to be beheaded by sword by Yasuno Chikao. The execution was ordered by Vice Admiral Kamada, commander of Japanese Naval Forces at Aitape. Sgt Siffleet was captured with Private (Pte) Pattiwahl and Pte Reharin, Ambonese members of the Netherlands East Indies Forces, whilst engaged in reconnaissance.
RM2DRY5PH–Execution of Mary Queen of Scots, February 8, 1587. After an engraving by William Luson Thomas from a work by Sir John Gilbert in the Illustrated London News issue of February 23, 1861
RMHJ92X2–Lady Jane Grey (1536 – 1554), also known as the Nine-Day Queen was an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. Establishment loyalties switched to Mary I (1516 – 1558) who became Queen of England. Following Mary's accession, Lady Jane Grey was accused of treason and on the morning of 12 February 1554, was taken to Tower Green, inside the Tower, to be beheaded.
RMPEFE3H–Execution of Charles I, 1649, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834
RMJ3526H–Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Detail of the Altarpiece of the Saints and the Martyrs from the Chartreuse de Champmol by Flemish Renaissance sculptor Jacques de Baerze (1390-1399) on display in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon (Museum of Fine Arts) in Dijon, Burgundy, France.
RM2JE5740–Execution on scaffold of several persons found guilty of the beheading of King Charles I in 1649, in London on 21 October 1660. On the sheet printed under the plate a description in 2 columns in Dutch, mentioning the executions of among others Jan Carew (25 October) Jan Cook (26 October) and Thomas Scot (27 October), Judgement of persons found guilty of the death of Charles I, 1660 Depiction of the Execution, guilty of a torn Persoonen, who have been beaten over the Death of Carel Stuart de I, Gedaen to London on 21 October 1660., print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1660, paper
RMKATBCH–Spain. Aragon. Uprising in Zaragoza, 1591. The confrontation of the Justice of Aragon, Juan de Lanuza (1564-1591) with Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), led to the execution of the first one by order of the king. Juan de Lanuza executed by beheading the 20 of December, 1591. Engraving.
RM2WPKB9R–Vintage illustration of Execution of Lady Jane Grey the Nine Days' Queen, Tudor, English History. An English noblewoman who claimed the throne of Engl
RF2WB70KB–The Beheading of St John the Baptist – a relief sculpture. Church of Saint Giles (Kirche St. Ägyd) in Gumpendorf, Vienna.
RMBJN77F–justice, penitentiary system, beheading, execution by guillotine, woodcut by Heinrich Albert Aldegrever, 1553,
RF2CC7N7H–The blade of a headsman's axe. Only the blade and a bit of the handle visible. Black background, black and white image.
RM2J8NEEY–The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist by the French artist, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), oil on canvas, c. 1869
RM2JN9XYD–The execution of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, 1649 - 1685. Monmouth, an illigitimate son of King Charles II was executed for treason on Tower Hill on July 15, 1685 after the failure of what has become known as the Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion or the West Country Rebellion. His beheading was famously botched, by the executioner Jack Ketch who took as many as five blows of the axe and a final cut with a knife to sever his head. After a 17th century work by Jan Luyken.
RM2FBDFRB–The beheading of Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in Whitehall, in 1649. After his succession in 1625, Charles quarrelled with the Parliament of England, which sought to curb his royal prerogative. His belief in the divine right of kings, led eventually to the Civil War and his death.
RF2K630E1–Execution of the Girondins, Gironde, french revolution, France / Die letzten Augenblicke der Girondisten auf dem Weg zur Guillotine, Hinrichtung, Französische Revolution, Frankreich, Historisch, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,
RMJ35243–Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Detail of the Altarpiece of the Saints and the Martyrs from the Chartreuse de Champmol by Flemish Renaissance sculptor Jacques de Baerze (1390-1399) on display in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon (Museum of Fine Arts) in Dijon, Burgundy, France.
RMRYBXCY–Johan van Barneveld kneels on the scaffold for his beheading, 1619, Jan Luyken, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, 1698
RM2WEBTT0–Decapitation of Guillaume de Pommiers and his confessor, John Coulon, at Bordeaux in 1377 under orders from Sir Thomas Felton, English seneschal of the city. Illustration after 'Froissart's Chronicles'. 'Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance', by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.
RM2HTE5J3–French Revolution: Public execution by Guillotine in the Place de la Revolution, Paris, France, painting by Pierre-Antoine Demachy, 1793
RMTA33X4–Execution of the Bohemian insurgents at the Old Town Square in Prague. Count Joachim Andreas von Schlick, Wenzel Wilhelm Freiherr Budowecz of Budowa and twenty-two other people, who took part in the uprising, are beheaded.
RF2WB70KP–The Beheading of St John the Baptist – a relief sculpture. Church of Saint Giles (Kirche St. Ägyd) in Gumpendorf, Vienna.
RMBJYYFT–justice, penitentiary system, execution, beheading, copper engraving by Daniel Chodowiecki to 'Elementarwerk' by Johannes Basedow, 1774,
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