Jack Ketch

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Etching by Jan Luyken showing the beheading of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, in London in 1685; the executioner holds Scott's head over a block as onlookers watch.

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English executioner

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Etching by Jan Luyken showing the beheading of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, in London in 1685; the executioner holds Scott's head over a block as onlookers watch.

James Scott, duke of Monmouth; Jack Ketch

Jack Ketch executing James Scott, duke of Monmouth, etching by Jan Luyken, 1698.

Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; object no. RP-P-OB-44.638

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