This link has been bookmarked by 27 people . It was first bookmarked on 05 Apr 2008, by Tom Woodward.
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22 Feb 14
Meg ArnotThis site provides full digitizations of the collection of British eighteenth- and nineteenth-century crime and execution broadsides held by the Harvard Law School Library. They are fascinating documents which live in the borderlands between 'true crime' representations and fiction. They often contain prose text, verse, and woodcut illustration/s, which cover many aspects of the crime story - often some biographical detail about the criminal, perhaps elements of the crime, capture, and trial, a confession, and the story of an execution if it occurred.
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28 Sep 11
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28 Jul 11
Clay Burell"Just as programs are sold at sporting events today, broadsides -- styled at the time as "Last Dying Speeches" or "Bloody Murders" -- were sold to the audiences that gathered to witness public executions in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. These ephemeral publications were intended for the middle or lower classes, and most sold for a penny or less. Published in British towns and cities by printers who specialized in this type of street literature, a typical example features an illustration (usually of the criminal, the crime scene, or the execution); an account of the crime and (sometimes) the trial; and the purported confession of the criminal, often cautioning the reader in doggerel verse to avoid the fate awaiting the perpetrator.
The Library's collection of more than 500 broadsides is one of the largest recorded and the first to be digitized in its entirety. The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assault, counterfeiting, horse stealing, murder, rape, robbery, and treason. Many of the broadsides vividly describe the results of sentences handed down at London's central criminal court, the Old Bailey, the proceedings of which are now available online at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org. "archives photos primary sources saswh worldhistory research history images law industrial revolution
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31 Jan 11
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21 Aug 09
Kay Cunningham"The Library's collection of more than 500 broadsides is one of the largest recorded and the first to be digitized in its entirety. The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assault, counterfeiting, horse stealing, murder, rape, robbery, and treason. "
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David HiltonThe Library's collection of more than 500 broadsides is one of the largest recorded and the first to be digitized in its entirety. The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assault, counterfeiting, horse stealing, murder, rape, robbery, and treason. Many of the broadsides vividly describe the results of sentences handed down at London's central criminal court, the Old Bailey, the proceedings of which are now available online at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.
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23 Jun 09
Donna Murray"The Library's collection of more than 500 broadsides is one of the largest recorded and the first to be digitized in its entirety. The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assaul
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20 May 09
law bodHarvard Law School Library
Crime Criminal broadsides Ephemera Legal history England Law library Social history Images
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06 Feb 09
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07 Nov 08
Patricia McPhersonThis site, part of Harvard University Library’s Open Collection, features images of more than five hundred broadsides--styled at the time as "Last Dying Speeches" or "Bloody Murders"--that were sold to the audiences that gathered to witness public executi
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Patricia McPhersonThis site, part of Harvard University Library’s Open Collection, features images of more than five hundred broadsides--styled at the time as "Last Dying Speeches" or "Bloody Murders"--that were sold to the audiences that gathered to witness public executi
crime european_history great_britain empire_and_industry(1750-1850) victorian_era(1837-1901) ed
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31 Oct 08
Barbara Fisteran archive of 500+ broadsides on criminal matters. Good primary resource for crime and popular culture.
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26 Mar 08
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13 Jan 08
yan brailowskyCollection of +500 broadsides. The examples span 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for arson, assault, counterfeiting, horse stealing, murder, rape, and treason. Many of the broadsides describe the sentences handed down at the Old Bailey
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10 Jan 08
Tom WoodwardThe Library's collection of more than 500 broadsides is one of the largest recorded and the first to be digitized in its entirety. The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assault
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Tom WoodwardThe Library's collection of more than 500 broadsides is one of the largest recorded and the first to be digitized in its entirety. The examples digitized here span the years 1707 to 1891 and include accounts of executions for such crimes as arson, assault
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04 Jan 08
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D FilippiNumérisation de plus de 500 placards imprimés en Grande-Bretagne aux 17e et 18e siècles
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SCD Paris-SorbonneNumérisation de plus de 500 placards imprimés en Grande-Bretagne aux 17e et 18e siècles
bibliothèque_numérique grande-bretagne 1700-1799 1800-1899 textes_en_ligne mode_image images estampes très_spécialisé
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