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The Halifax gibbet and gibbet-law

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Image ID

814419


Item data

Title

The Halifax gibbet and gibbet-law

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Punishments -- Guillotine

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1780 - 1950 (Questionable)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC PUNI-Gui

Subjects

Executions
Punishment & torture
Guillotines

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Includes additional text. Foxing on image.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17696956
Barcode: 33333159445515
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1f872cf0-c562-012f-6e58-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1780

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Halifax gibbet and gibbet-law" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780 - 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f872cf0-c562-012f-6e58-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1780 - 1950). The Halifax gibbet and gibbet-law Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f872cf0-c562-012f-6e58-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Halifax gibbet and gibbet-law" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1f872cf0-c562-012f-6e58-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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