EditorialJean de la Tour, French smuggler, tried for piracy and murder, hanged in 1744. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Portion of a piracy of the Paris printing of Chasselat's Jeanne d' Arc toile., France, ca. 1820, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment.
EditorialThe titlepage of a book detailing the trial at the Old Bailey, of Captain William Kidd for murder and piracy. The Arraignment, Tryal, and Condemnation of Captain William Kidd, for Murther and Piracy ... at the Old-Baily ... London, 1701. Source: 6495.l...
EditorialWoodcut depicting the execution of Captain Browne Bushell, who was a naval officer durting the English civil war era. He was executed for piracy in March 1651. The Speech and Confession of Capt. Brown-Bushel, at the place of execution ... Together with...
EditorialJean de la Tour, French smuggler, tried for piracy and murder, hanged in 1744. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.