'A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock', c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd.

'A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock', c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd.

2-640-970 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock', c1795. Situated on the bank of the Thames at Wapping, London, Execution Dock was a place of execution for pirates, smugglers and mutineers sentenced to death by the Admiralty Courts. The last execution took place in 1830. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]


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Creator
  1. Robert Dodd, attributed to: British: Artist, painter
People Related
  1. Basil Lubbock: British: Author

Medium
  1. Engraving

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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets

  1. 51 32 00 N , 000 02 00 W

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2256x3562
File Size : 23,543kb


Aliases

  1. 0580035114
  1. 2-640-970
  1. 2640970

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