Penny Dreadfuls, 1866 · page 157 of 276
Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night — page 157: what you’re looking at
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# A Page from "Ivan the Terrible; or, Dark Deeds of Night" This is a text and illustration page from Chapter LXXV (continued) of a Victorian penny dreadful. The page features a wood-engraved illustration captioned "THE DOUBLE EXECUTION," depicting several figures in period costume gathered around what appears to be a gallows or execution site. Below the illustration runs dialogue between two characters—Sharkey and Nat—discussing past crimes involving a magician, a "decoy duck" girl named Leonora Tempest used to entice a king, murdered victims, and Jefferies casting a young woman into prison. The conversation concerns prison tools and escape plans, suggesting melodramatic criminal intrigue typical of the genre.
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