DescriptionStretching the Rope Bulletin 31Jan1880.jpg
English: 'Stretching the rope', Robert Howard (executioner in the colony of New South Wales) and his assistant stretching the rope in preparation for an execution; published in The Bulletin (Sydney), No. 1 (31 January 1880), page 4.
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'Stretching the rope', Robert Howard and his assistant stretching the rope in preparation for an execution; published in ''The Bulletin'' (Sydney), No. 1 (31 January 1880), page 4.