Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura by Richard Houston https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8969576/head-executioner-from-john-evelyns-sculptura-richard-houstonFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954818/image-cloud-cartoon-handsFree Image from public domain licenseA man being tortured and executed in public. Gouache drawing. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13952725/man-being-tortured-and-executed-public-gouache-drawingFree Image from public domain licenseThe king of Persia sitting on a horse with his entourage of officers, bodyguards, footmen and executioners around him.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961439/image-horse-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseManuscript Illumination with Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9087609/manuscript-illumination-with-scenes-from-the-life-saint-john-the-baptistFree Image from public domain licenseAlice's Adventures in Wonderland: There was a dispute going on between the executioner, the King, and the Queen (1907)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/11509800/image-cat-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Boston Massacre, engraved, printed and sold by Paul Revere Jr. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9184122/image-paul-revere-revolution-soldiers-drawingsFree Image from public domain licenseThe Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira Attacking His Executioner Namba Jiro at Nunobiki Waterfall by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi https://www.rawpixel.com/image/11924010/image-person-art-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe crucifixion of Christ; beneath the cross are positioned the four Maries, a soldier and a horse. Coloured lithograph by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956299/image-cloud-horse-jesus-christFree Image from public domain licenseAn elephant killing an Indian criminal by stamping on his head; guards standing next to it. Wood engraving by A.F.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13955621/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseChr.4. lets the executioner take the chain of command and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz by Wilhelm… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8921473/photo-image-face-watercolor-artFree Image from public domain licenseA Chinese prisoner with bound hands and feet and head covered is slowly strangled by two executioners with rope. Gouache… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962868/image-hand-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseChr.4. lets the executioner take the chain of command and the sword from the forger Christopher Rosenkrantz by Wilhelm… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8920091/image-face-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseA Turkish executioner. Coloured aquatint by I.H. Clark, 1818. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967219/turkish-executioner-coloured-aquatint-ih-clark-1818Free Image from public domain licenseThree Chinese men being subjected to torture and execution: left, the body of a recently decapitated man, centre, a man tied… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964997/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Barbara by unknown artist, Ecuador (Quito), 18th century https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9613846/saint-barbara-unknown-artist-ecuador-quito-18th-centuryFree Image from public domain licenseDecapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W. French after C. Dolci. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13954680/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Knights Templar Burned in the Presence of Philip the Fair and His Courtiers by Boucicaut Master https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14259325/image-paper-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAfghanistan: the retinue of Shah Shoojau-Ool-Moolk, including his Chief Executioner and a Mutilator. Lithograph by L. Haghe… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967998/image-people-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseLamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962401/image-jesus-christ-person-crossFree Image from public domain licenseOrsines Presenting a Gift to Alexander and the Execution of Orsines by Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14246957/image-paper-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseChina: a man standing in a locked cage as a method of slow torture or execution. Photograph, 18--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961623/photo-image-person-clothing-woodFree Image from public domain licenseDance of death: death and the executioner. Coloured etching and letterpress after J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953428/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA Chinese man preparing to be executed by decapitation: the man is shown being made to kneel on the ground, while the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958998/image-paper-face-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseLouisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953185/image-cats-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseThe three holy women before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13956225/the-three-holy-women-before-the-crucified-christ-watercolour-paintingFree Image from public domain licenseThe decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving by W.H. Egleton, 1844, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967636/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseThe beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13965373/image-horse-plant-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseCyrus the Great, Founder of the Persian Empire, killed by Thamaris, Queen of the Massagetai by Boucicaut Master https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14259858/image-paper-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA Massacre of Family Members by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14258687/massacre-family-members-aeneas-silvius-piccolominiFree Image from public domain licenseEleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964588/image-background-angels-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving by D. Falcini after F. Barocci. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968799/image-angels-face-jesus-christFree Image from public domain licenseThe Virgin Mary or Mary Magdalene before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960963/image-face-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseA man about to be executed in publc receives a pardon at the last minute; representing a work of art which has a striking… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13961180/image-cartoon-face-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseThe crucifixion of Christ; his side is punctured by a soldier's lance. Engraving by B. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14003508/image-horse-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe crucifixion of Christ; Saint John and the four women lament. Engraving by Wierix after A. Dürer, 1509. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979461/image-face-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseChrist carries his cross to Golgotha. Etching by H. Kipp after J.F. Overbeck, 1846. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13976377/image-cartoon-jesus-christ-personFree Image from public domain licenseSalome, Herodes en de beul met het hoofd van Johannes de Doper (1881 - 1934) by Johannes Josephus Aarts https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13760988/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseTrial, confession, and execution of Courvoisier for the murder of Lord Wm. Russell : memoir of F. B. Courvoisier, Lord W.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13980459/image-paper-person-newspaperFree Image from public domain licenseDecapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974519/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseSalome shows the head of John the Baptist to her parents at the feast. Engraving, 1652, after P.P. Rubens. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14017930/image-dogs-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseLady Jane Grey is blindfolded and led to the execution block where the executioner waits, axe in hand. Line engraving by P.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13976176/image-hand-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseHeilige Agnes (1589 - 1626) by Bartholomeus Willemsz Dolendo https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13781515/heilige-agnes-1589-1626-bartholomeus-willemsz-dolendoFree Image from public domain licenseJoe Huggins, condemned for throttling an old gentleman, is stripped to the waist and kneeling before policemen pleading for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14001066/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition: the burning of heretics in a market place. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991805/image-cartoon-person-churchFree Image from public domain licenseCanton, China: six men suspended by the neck in locked cages in public as a method of slow torture and execution for piracy.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14016418/photo-image-person-wood-menFree Image from public domain licenseA Chinese man's head after garrotting exposed in a wooden cage hanging from a pole; his four children standing in front of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14009330/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe execution of the eight surviving conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot in 1606 in London. Etching with engraving by C.J.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13994785/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseSaint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14003186/saint-sebastian-drawing-rosaspina-1830-after-reniFree Image from public domain licenseThe martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13987372/image-angel-face-jesus-christFree Image from public domain licenseThe decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by S. Mulinari after E. Sirani. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021125/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAchan is stoned to death for stealing the spoils of the fall of Jericho. Line engraving. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14006495/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseAnglo-Egyptian War, 1882: execution of an arsonist by a British firing squad in Alexandria. Wood engraving after F.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13998535/image-person-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseChrist carrying the cross amidst a long procession. Engraving by N. Larmessin after Raphael. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13997796/image-horse-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseLady Jane Grey is led to her execution, handing over her table-book to Sir John Gage. Line engraving with etching by Warren… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13973996/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseDecapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by N. Le Mire, 1791, after Borel after G. Reni. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993514/image-person-art-manFree Image from public domain licenseVietnam: a man in a pillory, who is being led to his execution, accompanied by his family members, his executioner (holding… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985718/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseEleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13972726/image-background-angels-faceFree Image from public domain licenseThe martyrdom of two young ladies, Flora and Mary at the hands of the Saracens in Cordoba: one of the ladies is kneeling… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13981650/image-paper-cartoon-handsFree Image from public domain licenseThe procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14004822/image-people-art-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseA Chinese man is being led to execution by four men. Wood engraving, 1857. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13989079/chinese-man-being-led-execution-four-men-wood-engraving-1857Free Image from public domain licenseThe beheading of the accomplices of the murderers of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14018053/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13972696/image-dragons-angel-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseDecapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14002036/decapitation-saint-john-the-baptist-etching-kip-after-fremanFree Image from public domain licenseExecutioner in the act of killing a criminal, Havana, Cuba. by Benjamin West Kilburn https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14294031/photo-image-face-person-clothingFree Image from public domain licenseSaint John the Baptist: Salome holding his severed head on a charger. Etching by F. Huot, 1787, after P. Bordone. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13980490/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseTaiping Rebellion, China: the place in Guangzhou where people were executed. Wood engraving after W.G. Dickson, 1855. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988714/image-person-art-woodFree Image from public domain licenseThe dance of death at Basel: death and the executioner. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14013954/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe martyrdom of Saint Agnes. Pen and ink drawing by F. Rosaspina after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14018094/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13985107/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA Chinese man being garrotted attached to a cross; two guards watching him. Wood engraving, 1857. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993722/image-cartoon-person-crossFree Image from public domain license