Captain Kidd hanging in chains.

Captain Kidd hanging in chains. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: D3864_15

Description: Kidd was tried at the Old Bailey, London, in May 1701. He was found guilty of murder and piracy and was hanged at Execution Dock. Kidd's body was then suspended on a gibbet at Tilbury Point on the lower reaches of the Thames.

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