Jack Ketch

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James Scott, duke of Monmouth; Jack Ketch

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Jack Ketch: Media

English executioner

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James Scott, duke of Monmouth; Jack Ketch

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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