About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century
+ o - ^
previous next

Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century

More Details Cite This Item

814314
300px
760px
All download options
Original Scan
Order Print

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

  • Unfilled calls, Feb. 1925 - Feb. 1928
  • Picture Collection Day Book, May 1917 - Jan. 1925
  • Tad Lincoln at age seven
  • Front cover
  • Accident in Hyde Park
  • Greetings from New-York
  • Heartiest birthday greetings.
  • Entwicklung der ägyptischen Schriftzeichen
  • A Apple Pie
  • Striped dress with bateau neckline, front button closure and bias cut bodice; tie around shoulders and bow at back waist
  • Belted dress with short coat.
  • Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Baron Konstantin von Neurath, receives the new administration in the Cernin Palace in Prague
  • North temple pagoda, Soochow.
  • Accident in Vesey Street
  • City Hall and Newspaper Row, N.Y. City
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Wallach Division Picture Collection

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Punishments -- Beheading

View as book

This Item

Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century
Names
Racinet, A. (Auguste), 1825-1893 (Lithographer)
Imp. Hangard-Maugé (Printer of plates)
Seré, Ferdinand, 1818-1855 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments -- Beheading

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1858
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC PUNI-Beh
Topics
Daggers & swords
Executioners
Heads (Anatomy)
Punishment & torture
Decapitations
Turbans -- Germany -- 1400-1499
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Germany, 15th cen."
Source note: Les arts somptuaires : histoire du costume et de l''ameublement et des arts et industries qui s''y rattachent. (Paris : Hangard-Maugé, 1858) Louandre, Charles (1812-1882), Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17252184
Barcode: 33333159444468
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fc4e90b0-c561-012f-e6fe-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1825: Creator Born
  • 1858: Issued
  • 1893: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d01-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d01-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1858). Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d01-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d01-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century, (1858) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 29, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Executioner showing a head to a crowd of people, Germany, 15th century