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[Sign:] The infamous "Hanging Judge Jeffries" was a local and a regular patron here.
It is said that he would enjoy his lunch on this balcony whilst watching the hangings at the place known as Execution Dock.
It was at Execution Dock that the famous pirate Captain Kidd met his end in 1701.
The noose below this point reminds us of this gruesome man who later died in the Tower of London.
Execution Dock was near the shoreline at Wapping and was used for over 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers. Captain William Kidd is probably the most famous pirate to meet his death there in 1701. His corpse was put into a gibbet, a metal framed cage, and was left hanging at Tilbury Docks for 3 years. With the last execution in 1830, the exact location of Execution Dock is not known today but it’s claimed to be in the area where two pubs stand, the Prospect of Whitby and the Town of Ramsgate with the latter being the most likely. Round the back of the Prospect of Whitby there is a gallows with a noose hanging from it commemorating the location of Execution Dock.
Execution Dock was near the shoreline at Wapping and was used for over 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers. Captain William Kidd is probably the most famous pirate to meet his death there in 1701. His corpse was put into a gibbet, a metal framed cage, and was left hanging at Tilbury Docks for 3 years. With the last execution in 1830, the exact location of Execution Dock is not known today but it’s claimed to be in the area where two pubs stand, the Prospect of Whitby and the Town of Ramsgate with the latter being the most likely. Round the back of the Prospect of Whitby there is a gallows with a noose hanging from it commemorating the location of Execution Dock.
Dr. Hyde is one of the regional organizers. He brings a group with him from Yellow Springs to the prison for executions. He says he used to bring everyone in a big van but that has become too expensive and now people carpool. He is retired from his medical practice, but is still a volunteer chaplain at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, Ohio.
The execution room at Seodaemun Prison. The preferred method of execution by the Japanese during the occupation: hanging.
Seodaemun Prison was built during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) to keep Korean "dissidents" -- Koreans who rather valued national independence -- in line. The conditions were pretty barbarous, to say the least, and included torture along with other inhumane treatment.
Seoul, South Korea.
On 15th August 1941 the German spy Josef Jakobs was blindfolded and placed in a chair and executed by firing squad.
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Summers & Koontz Executions
On 22 May 1865, after the Civil War ended. Capt. George W. Summers, Sgt. I. Newton Koontz, and two other armed veterans of Co. D, 7th Virginia Cavalry, robbed six Federal
cavalrymen of their horses near Woodstock. The horses were returned the next day to the 192d Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Rude’s Hill. Despite assurances that all was forgiven, Lt. Col. Cyrus Hussy, temporarily commanding the 192nd, later ordered the men arrested. The others escaped, but Summers and Koontz were shot without trial here on 27 June. Thirty years later, Capt. Thomas J. Adams and friends erected the nearby monument to commemorate their deaths.
Telephones inside the infusion control room, part of the execution compound inside San Quentin. The telephones are direct lines to the governor, the attorney general, the Supreme Court, and the warden.
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On March 16 2018, Brookings Economic Studies’ Center on Regulation and Markets hosted a discussion on how to create a smarter, more efficient approach to infrastructure. At the start of the event, U.S. Department of Transportation Under Secretary Derek Kan discussed the president’s new infrastructure initiative. Following Kan’s remarks, a panel of experts explored how to implement infrastructure projects that save American taxpayer dollars while delivering the infrastructure investment that Americans deserve. Lastly, Representative Brian Babin (R-TX) spoke about his district's infrastructure policy efforts and gave closing remarks.
Photo by Paul Morigi
We found a museum that had a bunch of old "video games". This was one of the many there. Sorry about the angle.
Paul Sandby
Watercolour over graphite on paper
At a time when public executions were popular entertainment, hawkers sold pamphlets that claimed to be the last words or confessions of the hanged to a bloodthirsty crowd. Sandby shows something of the horror of the event.
With a limp body hanging from the gallows traced in the background, the focus is on the woman making her living from the spectacle of the event. The frenetic lines of her tattered clothes and hand, clutched against her grimacing face, contrast with the ease of the grinning man behind her. He swaggers toward the gallows with a pamphlet (perhaps one of hers) in his hand.
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From the exhibition
Hogarth and Europe
(November 2021 – March 2022)
In a dramatically changing 18th century Europe, William Hogarth became famous for his vibrant, often sharply satirical, paintings and prints that wittily captured the new modern experience. His art gives a unique and engaging glimpse of the time - its opportunities and innovation, materialism, exploitation and injustices, which continue to resonate today.
But he was not alone. Across Europe, fellow artists were also creating their own vivid images of contemporary life and took on new roles as social commentators. From the rich and poor, the immoral and self-deluding, to the selfish and selfless – all were made characters in pictorial stories that caught people’s imagination and took art in novel directions.
For the first time, this show will bring these works together in one setting. Now you can explore over 60 of Hogarth’s extraordinary works in a new light, alongside images by his international peers – including Pietro Longhi in Venice, Jean-Siméon Chardin in Paris and Cornelis Troost in Amsterdam. Academics, historians and practicing artists are among those who offer a range of perspectives and commentary throughout the exhibition. They suggest new ways of looking at these artworks, enriching our understanding of Hogarth’s incredible body of work.
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