The Maiden

Category

Library Item

Item no

596

Title

The Maiden

Description

A guillotine stands in a public square in Edinburgh. Behind, people stand on the church roof and look out of the windows of a tenement building. A large crowd are also gathered in the square.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1823

Size

21 x 17 cm.

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Maiden was the gibbet, or primitive guillotine used in Edinburgh from 1564 to 1708. Roughly 150 individuals were executed by the Maiden. These victims included Archibald Campbell the 9th Earl of Argyll who led a rebellion against King James VII.

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Crime and punishment > Crime and punishment facilities > Guillotines

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Cathedrals

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

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