EditorialDismas and Gestas, the Good and the Bad Thieves Dysmas and Gestas Gestas, the bad assassin, The bad assassin, Gestas, is hung in a tormented position, with his twisted, beardless face once averted from Christ and with his mouth open, from which his sou...
EditorialReduvius, Print, Reduvius is a large genus of reduviids or assassin bugs. The masked hunter, Reduvius personatus, is a well-known example of this genus.
EditorialReduvius, Print, Reduvius is a large genus of reduviids or assassin bugs. The masked hunter, Reduvius personatus, is a well-known example of this genus.
EditorialBeharus, Print, Beharus is a monotypic genus of assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. Its one species, B. cylindripes, is found in South America, though not restricted to the Amazon basin.
EditorialPygolampis, Print, Pygolampis is a genus of assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. Five species have been described from Vietnam, and at least eleven worldwide.
EditorialThe Execrable Assassin Contemplates his Horrible Assault?, 1832?59, Charles J. Travi?s (French, 1804-1859), published by chez Aubert (French, 19th century), printed by B?nard (French, 19th century), France, Lithograph in black, with hand-coloring, on t...
EditorialApiomerus, Print, Apiomerus is a genus of conspicuous, brightly colored assassin bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. The species can be found in the United States ranging into tropical America. The common name bee assassins derives from their freq...
EditorialThe murderer of Lord Mayo. A half-length seated portrait, wearing hand-cuffs, of the assassin of the Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872. The murderer was a convict in the penal settlement who attacked Lord Mayo who was on an official visit to the Andaman Island...
EditorialFrontispiece to 'The Midnight Assassin'. A monk about to kill a sleeping woman. The Italian.] The midnight assassin: or, Confession of the monk Rinaldi; containing a complete history of his diabolical machinations and unparalleled ferocity ... London :...
EditorialEmblem 62; lurking assassin. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole folio] Emblem drawing of a lurking assassin clutching a knife or pistol in his right hand. He sits beneath a large tree, and is concealed by shrubbery, with buildi...
EditorialCharlotte Corday. Charlotte Corday. Trag:odie in f:unf Akten, mit ch. Hamburg, 1804. Charlotte Corday ( Marie Charlotte Corday d' Armont ) ( 1768 - 1793 ). French noblewoman and assassin. Portrait. Image taken from Charlotte Corday. Trag:odie in f:unf...
EditorialSon Altesse impériale Monseigneur le Grand-Duc Serge Alexandrovitch. Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Сергей Александрович) (May 11, 1857 – February 17, 1905) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was assassin...
EditorialCostume of Charlotte Corday, French Revolutionary era. Assassin of Jean-Paul Marat. Handcoloured lithograph by A.E. after a design by Leon Sault from "L'Art du Travestissement" (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault was a theatre and opera desi...
EditorialWhile the women bathe Tristram, Isolde, looking at his sword, recognizes him as her uncle's assassin and wants to kill him. Brangaene prevents the murder. Murals in the " summer-house" of Runkelstein illustrate the Tristram-legend.