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the bodies of three dead robbers hanging in a public hall
Robbers are being hung for the crimes in a public hall.
The Public Spectacle of Hanging
An image showing the public reaction and drawing to a hanging. Hangings were usually public events, meaning that the masses could come witness the event, which often drew large crowds.
"The Hanging"
Image by Jacques Callot in which multiple people were hanged for the smallest of offences
18th-century Illustration of Public Execution
The opening pages of a book about notorious crimes of the 18th-century. The image on the left page depicts the Rebel Lord's being hung publicly on Tower Hill.