Engraving of the public exhibition of the body of John Wiliams, the suspect in the Ratcliffe highway murders of 1811. Williams hung himself and was convicted after his death; his body was displayed on the death cart through the streets of London. From The Chronicles of Newgate, 1884.

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Size: 3543px × 2333px
Location: London, England
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License: Licensed
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