Title

Execution of a criminal, Lime Street, City of London, 1664. Artist: Anon

Caption

Execution of a criminal, Lime Street, City of London, 1664. A crowd gathered round to watch the execution of a parliamentary Colonel James Turner, convicted of having burgled the premises of Francis Tryon, a Lime Street merchant.

Date

1664

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A96_286

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 6,4in x 10,9in / 1923 x 3270 (300dpi)

Keywords

road England people male crowds man men street country law guy crime watching scaffold scaffolding British English color colour lane hanging death avenue rope location century city of london Britain criminal concept punishment burglar hangman 17th century gallows execution Stewart Stuart seventeenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Lime Street TGN Colonel James Turner James James Turner engraving Anon Anonymous Turner