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  • The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W.H. Egleton, 1844, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Canton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy. Photograph, 18--.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Torture and execution of alleged plague carriers in Milan, 1630. Engraving.
  • Salome shows the head of John the Baptist to her parents at the feast. Engraving, 1652, after P.P. Rubens.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Agnes. Pen and ink drawing by F. Rosaspina (?) after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • The beheading of the accomplices of the murderers of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
  • The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci.
  • Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving.
  • Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist: the executioner presenting the head to Salome. Etching by W. Unger after C. Fabritius.
  • The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by S. Mulinari after E. Sirani.