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

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'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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Size: 2256px × 3562px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,London,Tower Hamlets,Tower Hamlets
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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