Hangman
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With the 16th century The Miseries and Disasters of War, French 17th artist Jacques Callot anticipated Goya's Disasters of War, both of them criticizing the horrors of war in their art
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A hangman is an executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
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Namesakes
- The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter, 1892, is a novella by Ambrose Bierce
- Hangmen Also Die!, a 1943 noir war film directed by the Austrian director Fritz Lang
- The Judge and His Hangman, 1950, a novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968), an album by The Incredible String Band
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