Execution scene

An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy Author: Wilkinson, George Theodore / Thomas Kelly: London, 1820 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 6495.aaa.42, opposite 385 The execution of the Cato Street conspirators May 1, 1820'. Arthur Thistlewood and four others were convicted of high treason and hanged. They were also decapitated. Image taken from An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy; with the trials at large of the conspirators for high treason and murder; a description of their weapons and combustible machines, and every particular connected with the horrid plot. With portraits of all the conspirators and other engravings. Originally published/produced in Thomas Kelly: London, 1820.