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[Frontispiece to "Wm Taits Edition of the Trial", Edinburgh 1838.] [The Glasgow Cotton Spinners] Thomas Hunter. President. Peter Hacket. Treasurer. Richard McNiel. Secretary. James Gibb. Assistant Sec.y. William Maclean. Guard.
Printed by Forrester & Nich[ols.][n.d., c.1838.]
A very rare etching. Sheet: 130 x 230mm (5 x 9''). Creased, foxed and laid on album sheet.
Profile portraits of five leaders of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners strike in 1837, shown in the dock. In the 1830s there was a depression in West Scotland and by 1837 there was a drive to cut the wages of the Cotton spinners in Glasgow. Strike action was organised to defend the wages and the strike took place from July to August 1837, however during the strike a cotton spinner who had chosen to go back to work was shot and the leaders of the strike were arrested. They were charged on 24th October and the trial took place in Edinburgh in November 1837. The five men were sentenced to seven years transportation, but spent 3 years in hulks in the Thames before being pardonned following intervention from Lord Brougham. Frontis to William Tait's edition of their trial, published in 1838.
Kivell 127.
[Ref: 48979] £350.00
Printed by Forrester & Nich[ols.][n.d., c.1838.]
A very rare etching. Sheet: 130 x 230mm (5 x 9''). Creased, foxed and laid on album sheet.
Profile portraits of five leaders of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners strike in 1837, shown in the dock. In the 1830s there was a depression in West Scotland and by 1837 there was a drive to cut the wages of the Cotton spinners in Glasgow. Strike action was organised to defend the wages and the strike took place from July to August 1837, however during the strike a cotton spinner who had chosen to go back to work was shot and the leaders of the strike were arrested. They were charged on 24th October and the trial took place in Edinburgh in November 1837. The five men were sentenced to seven years transportation, but spent 3 years in hulks in the Thames before being pardonned following intervention from Lord Brougham. Frontis to William Tait's edition of their trial, published in 1838.
Kivell 127.
[Ref: 48979] £350.00
S. Cunningham's Adventure with his Old Nurse and Astrologer. Plate 32.
W. Jett delin. I. Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Copper engraving. Plate 312 x 203mm. 12¼ x 8". Trimmed to the plate on the right-hand side.
Sawney Cunningham, an abandoned villain who murdered his wife's lover and uncle, terrorised the countryside and was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study.
For a coloured aquatint version of this print see ref. 27701.
[Ref: 15429] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
W. Jett delin. I. Basire sculp.
[n.d. c.1770.]
Copper engraving. Plate 312 x 203mm. 12¼ x 8". Trimmed to the plate on the right-hand side.
Sawney Cunningham, an abandoned villain who murdered his wife's lover and uncle, terrorised the countryside and was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study.
For a coloured aquatint version of this print see ref. 27701.
[Ref: 15429] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Cunningham's Adventure with the Astrologer.
Published by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard [n.d. c.1810].
Hand-coloured aquatint. 209 x 128mm (8¼ x 5"). Slightly messy.
Sawney Cunningham murdered his wife's lover and uncle and terrorised the countryside until he was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study, accompanied by his nurse, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. A copy of William Jett's engraving for Johnson's 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c, to which is added A Geniune Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates', 1734.
See Ref: 15429 for the original engraving.
[Ref: 27701] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Published by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard [n.d. c.1810].
Hand-coloured aquatint. 209 x 128mm (8¼ x 5"). Slightly messy.
Sawney Cunningham murdered his wife's lover and uncle and terrorised the countryside until he was eventually caught and executed at Leith in 1635. Here he is in an astrologer's study, accompanied by his nurse, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. A copy of William Jett's engraving for Johnson's 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c, to which is added A Geniune Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates', 1734.
See Ref: 15429 for the original engraving.
[Ref: 27701] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Damien der Abscheulichste Mench auf Erden, als Mörder des Königs von Franckreich nach einen Original aus Paris. 1757.
[n.d., c.1757.]
Engraving. Sheet: 90 x 160mm (3½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
An exaggerated portrait of Robert-Francois Damiens (1715-1757) who was publicly drawn and quatered and then burnt at the stake for the attempted assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757. Damiens attacked Louis XV at Versailles with a pen-knife, however, due to the short blade and the king's thick winter clothes, he only managed to wound the king rather than kill him.
[Ref: 41540] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1757.]
Engraving. Sheet: 90 x 160mm (3½ x 6¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
An exaggerated portrait of Robert-Francois Damiens (1715-1757) who was publicly drawn and quatered and then burnt at the stake for the attempted assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757. Damiens attacked Louis XV at Versailles with a pen-knife, however, due to the short blade and the king's thick winter clothes, he only managed to wound the king rather than kill him.
[Ref: 41540] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Davies.] The Golden Farmer and the Tinker.](jpegs/41239.jpg)
[William Davies.] The Golden Farmer and the Tinker.
J. Nicholls delin J. Basire sculp [c.1736]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
William Davies (1627-90), a Welsh highwayman holding a man a gunpoint. Aged 64 he was caught and hanged at Salisbury Court (instead of Tyburn, as usual), where he had murdered a butcher, then was hung in chains on Bagshot Heath. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 41239] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
J. Nicholls delin J. Basire sculp [c.1736]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
William Davies (1627-90), a Welsh highwayman holding a man a gunpoint. Aged 64 he was caught and hanged at Salisbury Court (instead of Tyburn, as usual), where he had murdered a butcher, then was hung in chains on Bagshot Heath. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 41239] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Antoine-François Desrues, Rompu et Brûle vif, par Arrêt du Parlement, à Paris le 6 Mai, 1777, âgé de 32 ans et demi.
[n.d., c.1777.]
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 175mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Antoine François Desrues (1744-77) poisoned Madame de la Motte and her teenaged son, then forged a receipt for the purchase of her country estate. Convicted and still maintaining his innocence, he was tortured in an attempt to get his to admit his guilt, before being broken with an iron bar and burned alive.
[Ref: 62097] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1777.]
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 175mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Antoine François Desrues (1744-77) poisoned Madame de la Motte and her teenaged son, then forged a receipt for the purchase of her country estate. Convicted and still maintaining his innocence, he was tortured in an attempt to get his to admit his guilt, before being broken with an iron bar and burned alive.
[Ref: 62097] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Pickpocket] Jenny Diver.](jpegs/62095.jpg)
[Pickpocket] Jenny Diver.
[n.d., c.1741.]
Engraving Sheet 190 x 90mm (6 x 3½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Jenny Diver (née Mary Young, c.1700-41), with a watch and purse in her hands. She was a skilled pickpocker, capable of mixing in high society, and said to sometimes use fake arms so she could steal with her hands apparently in her lap. Twice she was arrested but, by using false names, was sentenced to transportation to Virginia as a first offender. Both times she bribed her way back to London. On her third arrest she was recognised and sentenced to death: as a famous criminal, she was taken to her execution in a mourning carriage.
[Ref: 62095] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1741.]
Engraving Sheet 190 x 90mm (6 x 3½"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Jenny Diver (née Mary Young, c.1700-41), with a watch and purse in her hands. She was a skilled pickpocker, capable of mixing in high society, and said to sometimes use fake arms so she could steal with her hands apparently in her lap. Twice she was arrested but, by using false names, was sentenced to transportation to Virginia as a first offender. Both times she bribed her way back to London. On her third arrest she was recognised and sentenced to death: as a famous criminal, she was taken to her execution in a mourning carriage.
[Ref: 62095] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev:d D:r Dodd.
[Engraved by J.R. Smith?]
London, Pub.d May 24, 1777, by J. Walker, N.13, Parliament Street.
Mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Left platemark cracked.
The Rev. William Dodd (1729 - 1777), parson and author who was hanged for forgery. In February 1777 he offered a bond for £4,200 in the name of Lord Chesterfield to a stockbroker named Robertson. Robertson procured the money, for which, according to Dodd, Chesterfield would pay an annuity of £700. Dodd then brought the bond apparently signed by the earl. The bond was transferred to the lender's solicitor, who noticed some odd marks on the document, saw the earl personally, learned that the signature was a forgery, and instantly obtained warrants from the lord mayor against Dodd and Robertson. Despite attempts to obtain a pardon, especially by Dr. Johnson, who composed several papers for him, Dodd was sentenced on 26 May and hanged in June. Traditionally attributed to John Raphael Smith (1751=1812).
Frankau: 114, iii of iii. D'Oench: 97. CS: p.1726, no.53: iii of iii. Ex: the Kedleston Hall collection.
[Ref: 51285] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by J.R. Smith?]
London, Pub.d May 24, 1777, by J. Walker, N.13, Parliament Street.
Mezzotint, sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins. Left platemark cracked.
The Rev. William Dodd (1729 - 1777), parson and author who was hanged for forgery. In February 1777 he offered a bond for £4,200 in the name of Lord Chesterfield to a stockbroker named Robertson. Robertson procured the money, for which, according to Dodd, Chesterfield would pay an annuity of £700. Dodd then brought the bond apparently signed by the earl. The bond was transferred to the lender's solicitor, who noticed some odd marks on the document, saw the earl personally, learned that the signature was a forgery, and instantly obtained warrants from the lord mayor against Dodd and Robertson. Despite attempts to obtain a pardon, especially by Dr. Johnson, who composed several papers for him, Dodd was sentenced on 26 May and hanged in June. Traditionally attributed to John Raphael Smith (1751=1812).
Frankau: 114, iii of iii. D'Oench: 97. CS: p.1726, no.53: iii of iii. Ex: the Kedleston Hall collection.
[Ref: 51285] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Dodd.
Etched by J. Chapman.
Published Jan. 1804 by James Cundee, Ivy Lane.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
William Dodd (1729 - 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman who was nicknamed the 'Macaroni Parson'. He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, was caught, convicted, and despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon became the last person to be hanged at Tyburn for forgery. A plate from 'The Criminal Recorder; or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters', printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, London.
[Ref: 38041] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by J. Chapman.
Published Jan. 1804 by James Cundee, Ivy Lane.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
William Dodd (1729 - 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman who was nicknamed the 'Macaroni Parson'. He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, was caught, convicted, and despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon became the last person to be hanged at Tyburn for forgery. A plate from 'The Criminal Recorder; or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters', printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, London.
[Ref: 38041] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Dodd.
Published June 1. 1810, by James Cundee, Albion Press, London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Some staining.
William Dodd (1729 - 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman who was nicknamed the 'Macaroni Parson'. He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, was caught, convicted and, despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon, became the last person to be hanged at Tyburn for forgery.
[Ref: 38031] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Published June 1. 1810, by James Cundee, Albion Press, London.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Some staining.
William Dodd (1729 - 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman who was nicknamed the 'Macaroni Parson'. He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, was caught, convicted and, despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon, became the last person to be hanged at Tyburn for forgery.
[Ref: 38031] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Dodd, forger] Der Ehrwürdige Doctor Dodd.](jpegs/62098.jpg)
[William Dodd, forger] Der Ehrwürdige Doctor Dodd.
Berndt sculpsit
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed within plate, affecting engraver's signature.
The Rev. William Dodd (1729 - 1777), parson and author who was hanged for forgery. Known as the "Macaroni Parson". In February 1777 he offered a bond for £4,200 in the name of Lord Chesterfield to a stockbroker named Robertson. Robertson procured the money, for which, according to Dodd, Chesterfield would pay an annuity of £700. Dodd then brought the bond apparently signed by the earl. The bond was transferred to the lender's solicitor, who noticed some blots on the document, had it rewritten and presented to Chesterfield for signing. The fraud was discovered and warrants for the arrest of Dodd and Robertson were issued. Despite attempts to obtain a pardon, especially by Dr. Johnson, who composed several papers for him, Dodd was sentenced on 26 May and hanged in June.
[Ref: 62098] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Berndt sculpsit
[n.d., c.1780.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 200 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Trimmed within plate, affecting engraver's signature.
The Rev. William Dodd (1729 - 1777), parson and author who was hanged for forgery. Known as the "Macaroni Parson". In February 1777 he offered a bond for £4,200 in the name of Lord Chesterfield to a stockbroker named Robertson. Robertson procured the money, for which, according to Dodd, Chesterfield would pay an annuity of £700. Dodd then brought the bond apparently signed by the earl. The bond was transferred to the lender's solicitor, who noticed some blots on the document, had it rewritten and presented to Chesterfield for signing. The fraud was discovered and warrants for the arrest of Dodd and Robertson were issued. Despite attempts to obtain a pardon, especially by Dr. Johnson, who composed several papers for him, Dodd was sentenced on 26 May and hanged in June.
[Ref: 62098] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Donellan Esq.
Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Printed for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1780].
Engraving. Plate 165 x 108mm (6½ x 4¼").
Captain John Donellan (c.1737-1781) had a distinguished army career in India and married Miss Boughton in June 1777. In 1781 he was tried and executed at Warwick for the murder of his brother-in-law Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart.
[Ref: 28735] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the Universal Magazine.
Printed for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms in Paternoster Row. [n.d. c.1780].
Engraving. Plate 165 x 108mm (6½ x 4¼").
Captain John Donellan (c.1737-1781) had a distinguished army career in India and married Miss Boughton in June 1777. In 1781 he was tried and executed at Warwick for the murder of his brother-in-law Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart.
[Ref: 28735] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
William Dove. as he appeared during his trial at the York Assizes, July 19th 1856.
[n.d., c.1856.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Some creasing.
Half length portrait in profile of William Dove, a tenant farmer, while on trial for poisoning his wife. Dove (1828-56) was deeply disturbed: as a child he had tortured cats, chased his sisters with a red-hot poker and was kicked out of school for bringing a gun. Falling under the influence of Henry Harrison, a charlatan fortune-teller, he was told he would marry a woman with 'auburn hair, light complexion and a good fortune'. Believing this was a neighbour, he decided to kill his existing wife with strychnine so that he could follow his destiny. Ending up on trial, he wrote a letter to the devil in his own blood, asking for help. Although being clearly insane, he was found guilty and sent to the gallows: his execution was watched by an estimated crowd of 10,000.
[Ref: 58082] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1856.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 360 x 260mm (14¼ x 10¼"). Some creasing.
Half length portrait in profile of William Dove, a tenant farmer, while on trial for poisoning his wife. Dove (1828-56) was deeply disturbed: as a child he had tortured cats, chased his sisters with a red-hot poker and was kicked out of school for bringing a gun. Falling under the influence of Henry Harrison, a charlatan fortune-teller, he was told he would marry a woman with 'auburn hair, light complexion and a good fortune'. Believing this was a neighbour, he decided to kill his existing wife with strychnine so that he could follow his destiny. Ending up on trial, he wrote a letter to the devil in his own blood, asking for help. Although being clearly insane, he was found guilty and sent to the gallows: his execution was watched by an estimated crowd of 10,000.
[Ref: 58082] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Duffy & Lloyd.
Jndel [John Nixon.]
Pub by S & E Harding Pall Mall. [n.d. c.1794.]
Stipple with etching. Plate 233 x 152mm. 9¼ x 6".
Duffy & Lloyd, two criminals.
[Ref: 20267] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jndel [John Nixon.]
Pub by S & E Harding Pall Mall. [n.d. c.1794.]
Stipple with etching. Plate 233 x 152mm. 9¼ x 6".
Duffy & Lloyd, two criminals.
[Ref: 20267] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Stephen Dugdale. Discoverer of the horrid Plott.
R. White delin. et sculp [1681]
Etching, sheet 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed. Glued to album sheet at edges.
Stephen Dugdale (d.1683), informer. Imprisoned for debt in 1678, Dugdale turned informer, claiming to have knowledge of the 'Popish Plot' to assassinate Charles II. He confirmed the evidence of the plot's chief fabricator Titus Oates, and created a minor sub-plot of his own, based in Staffordshire. At the Popish Plot trials of 1679, however, Dugdale was unpersuasive in his testimony and his respectability ebbed away under bouts of venereal disease and drunkenness. He continued to earn well as an informant until his death, however.
[Ref: 42811] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
R. White delin. et sculp [1681]
Etching, sheet 230 x 150mm (9 x 6"). Trimmed. Glued to album sheet at edges.
Stephen Dugdale (d.1683), informer. Imprisoned for debt in 1678, Dugdale turned informer, claiming to have knowledge of the 'Popish Plot' to assassinate Charles II. He confirmed the evidence of the plot's chief fabricator Titus Oates, and created a minor sub-plot of his own, based in Staffordshire. At the Popish Plot trials of 1679, however, Dugdale was unpersuasive in his testimony and his respectability ebbed away under bouts of venereal disease and drunkenness. He continued to earn well as an informant until his death, however.
[Ref: 42811] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Scotch Damien. Will I Revenge? Yes, at such a Rate / That even the Worlds last age shall hear it tremble. / Oh I will take the Villian in his Height; / Yes, in the Height of his Patriotic Pride, / And in the Foam of his warm Zeal for Liberty; and when his most secure, Il' fix this reeking [heart image].
Pub.d as the English Ect of Parliament directs by Mary Darley [acorn] riders Court, 1769.
Etching, sheet 285 x 200mm. Some soiling & chipping of edges.
Alexander Dunn, the second of two Scottish assassins who attempted to kill John Wilkes in 1763, in London in December. (The first was John Forbes, in Paris in August). Wilkes was regarded as an anti-Scot chauvanist.
[Ref: 1565] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Pub.d as the English Ect of Parliament directs by Mary Darley [acorn] riders Court, 1769.
Etching, sheet 285 x 200mm. Some soiling & chipping of edges.
Alexander Dunn, the second of two Scottish assassins who attempted to kill John Wilkes in 1763, in London in December. (The first was John Forbes, in Paris in August). Wilkes was regarded as an anti-Scot chauvanist.
[Ref: 1565] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
William Evans Esq.r. Sheriff of London and Middlesex 1839-40. Committed to the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms, Tuesday Jan.y 21st 1840. Interior of the Room in which Mr Sheriff Evans was confined.
J. Linnell fe.t 1840. On Stone by Weld Taylor. J. Graf, Printer to her Majesty.
London, Published March 6, by Thomas Boys, XI Golden Square, Regent Street.
Lithograph on india, rare. 550 x 375mm (21½ x 14¾"). Damp stain bottom left.
Portrait of William Evans, a City official caught up in a confrontation concerning Parliamentary Privilege. In 1839 John Joseph Stockdale (publisher and some-time blackmailer famed for being told 'Publish and be damned' by the Duke of Wellington) brought a libel case against Hansard, the printer of House of Commons business records, over a book Stockdale published, 'On Diseases of the Generative System', being branded obscene. Stockdale won, on the grounds that the House of Commons enjoyed no privilege as to publications under its authority circulated beyond Members of Parliament. The Queen's Bench court sent sheriffs William Evans and John Wheelton to Parliament to claim the damages but were imprisoned for Contempt of Parliament. However the situation was diffused by the 'Parliamentary Papers Act 1840' which made Parliamentary Privilege absolute and invalidated Stockdale's case.
[Ref: 44088] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
J. Linnell fe.t 1840. On Stone by Weld Taylor. J. Graf, Printer to her Majesty.
London, Published March 6, by Thomas Boys, XI Golden Square, Regent Street.
Lithograph on india, rare. 550 x 375mm (21½ x 14¾"). Damp stain bottom left.
Portrait of William Evans, a City official caught up in a confrontation concerning Parliamentary Privilege. In 1839 John Joseph Stockdale (publisher and some-time blackmailer famed for being told 'Publish and be damned' by the Duke of Wellington) brought a libel case against Hansard, the printer of House of Commons business records, over a book Stockdale published, 'On Diseases of the Generative System', being branded obscene. Stockdale won, on the grounds that the House of Commons enjoyed no privilege as to publications under its authority circulated beyond Members of Parliament. The Queen's Bench court sent sheriffs William Evans and John Wheelton to Parliament to claim the damages but were imprisoned for Contempt of Parliament. However the situation was diffused by the 'Parliamentary Papers Act 1840' which made Parliamentary Privilege absolute and invalidated Stockdale's case.
[Ref: 44088] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Executie der Conspirateurs Tegens de Persoon des Konings van Engeland.
P. v d B. in fec. [Pieter van den Berge.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Binding folds, repaired tear top left.
A scene of the hanging, drawing and quartering of 'conspirators against the person of the king of England', probably the Monmouth rebels of 1685, against James II. From the offset on the reverse, this is likely to have been published in the 'Europische Mercurius', a Dutch newspaper. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688 any adverse view of James was widely disseminated.
[Ref: 53140] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
P. v d B. in fec. [Pieter van den Berge.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 280mm (7½ x 11"). Binding folds, repaired tear top left.
A scene of the hanging, drawing and quartering of 'conspirators against the person of the king of England', probably the Monmouth rebels of 1685, against James II. From the offset on the reverse, this is likely to have been published in the 'Europische Mercurius', a Dutch newspaper. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688 any adverse view of James was widely disseminated.
[Ref: 53140] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Elizabeth Fanning, Executed 26.th July 1815, on a charge of Poisoning the Family of Mr. Turner, taken from the Life in Newgate. Her Autograph Elizabeth Fanning.
I. R. Cruikshank fecit.
Publish'd August 1815, by W. Hone, 55 Fleet St.
Aquatint with some etching. Sheet: 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate on right and left edges.
A portrait of Elizabeth Fanning (1793-1815) who was executed for the poisoning of the family of Mr Olibar Turner with arsenic. Mrs Charlotte Turner, the wife of Olibar Turner's son described in her testimony how Fanning had poisoned them with yeast dumplings which had made the entire family violently ill.
[Ref: 41550] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
I. R. Cruikshank fecit.
Publish'd August 1815, by W. Hone, 55 Fleet St.
Aquatint with some etching. Sheet: 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate on right and left edges.
A portrait of Elizabeth Fanning (1793-1815) who was executed for the poisoning of the family of Mr Olibar Turner with arsenic. Mrs Charlotte Turner, the wife of Olibar Turner's son described in her testimony how Fanning had poisoned them with yeast dumplings which had made the entire family violently ill.
[Ref: 41550] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Fauntleroy Esq.e
Etching. Sheet: 135 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at corners.
A portrait of banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824) who was one of the last few criminals executed for the crime of forgery.
[Ref: 50039] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Etching. Sheet: 135 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at corners.
A portrait of banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824) who was one of the last few criminals executed for the crime of forgery.
[Ref: 50039] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![Mr [Henry] Fauntleroy.](jpegs/58085.jpg)
Mr [Henry] Fauntleroy.
Rare lithograph, watermark 1822. Sheet 335 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"). Loss to the bottom of title.
A full-length portrait of banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824) who was one of the last criminals executed for the crime of forgery.
[Ref: 58085] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Rare lithograph, watermark 1822. Sheet 335 x 240mm (13¼ x 9½"). Loss to the bottom of title.
A full-length portrait of banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy (1784-1824) who was one of the last criminals executed for the crime of forgery.
[Ref: 58085] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Robertus Feilding Aulæ Feildingensis in Com: Warwici Armig.
P.Lely Eques pinxit. I.V.Vaart fecit.
R.Tompson Excudit. [n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate and laid down. Very fine.
'Beau' Feilding, who bigamously married the Dutchess of Cleveland. He was prosecuted, found guilty, but pardoned by Queen Anne.
CS: Vandervaart 2.
[Ref: 12033] £360.00
P.Lely Eques pinxit. I.V.Vaart fecit.
R.Tompson Excudit. [n.d., c.1670.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 255mm. Trimmed to plate and laid down. Very fine.
'Beau' Feilding, who bigamously married the Dutchess of Cleveland. He was prosecuted, found guilty, but pardoned by Queen Anne.
CS: Vandervaart 2.
[Ref: 12033] £360.00
![The Italian Boy Who is supposed to have been Burked. [In Ink:] Carlo Ferriar on the 4th Novr. 1831 in Bethnal Green.](jpegs/18416.jpg)
The Italian Boy Who is supposed to have been Burked. [In Ink:] Carlo Ferriar on the 4th Novr. 1831 in Bethnal Green.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A rare aquatint. 247 x 158mm.
Carlo Ferrari, who begged pennies in the streets of London, exhibiting a little cage of pet mice and tortoise. He was murdered by John Bishop and Thomas Williams, who then sold his corpse to an anatomy school for dissection.
[Ref: 18416] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1840.]
A rare aquatint. 247 x 158mm.
Carlo Ferrari, who begged pennies in the streets of London, exhibiting a little cage of pet mice and tortoise. He was murdered by John Bishop and Thomas Williams, who then sold his corpse to an anatomy school for dissection.
[Ref: 18416] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Giuseppe Marco Fieschi and his 'infernal machine'] Fieschi.](jpegs/62109.jpg)
[Giuseppe Marco Fieschi and his 'infernal machine'] Fieschi.
Madeley lith, from an original Drawing.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 220 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Tear just entering image on right. Creasing.
A scene of Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1790-1836) about to fire his 'infernal machine' at King Louis Philippe, 28th July 1835. Fieschi was a disaffected Corsican Republican who fought with Joachim Murat in his attempt to regain the Napoleonic kingdom of of Naples. Back in Corsica in 1816, he was condemned to ten years imprisonment for theft and forgery, but he eluded the police and escaped to Paris. After continuing a life of crime, he became involved in a plot to kill the king, building a 25-barrel volley gun and installing it at a house in Boulevard du Temple. As the king's entourage passed, the machine was fired, grazing the King's forehead and killing Marshal Mortier and seventeen other people. Fieschi was arrested, condemned to death and guillotined on February 19, 1836.
[Ref: 62109] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley lith, from an original Drawing.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 220 x 190mm (8¾ x 7½"). Tear just entering image on right. Creasing.
A scene of Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1790-1836) about to fire his 'infernal machine' at King Louis Philippe, 28th July 1835. Fieschi was a disaffected Corsican Republican who fought with Joachim Murat in his attempt to regain the Napoleonic kingdom of of Naples. Back in Corsica in 1816, he was condemned to ten years imprisonment for theft and forgery, but he eluded the police and escaped to Paris. After continuing a life of crime, he became involved in a plot to kill the king, building a 25-barrel volley gun and installing it at a house in Boulevard du Temple. As the king's entourage passed, the machine was fired, grazing the King's forehead and killing Marshal Mortier and seventeen other people. Fieschi was arrested, condemned to death and guillotined on February 19, 1836.
[Ref: 62109] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Last Words of Richard Gascoigne Esq.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 250mm (10½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Portraits of Richard Gascoigne and George Collingwood, both Jacobites executed for treason in 1716. 'The Last Words' reproduces the text of a letter he wrote as a condemned man, protesting his innocence, and published as a pamphlet, 'A True Copy of the Paper Delivered to the Sheriffs of London, by Richard Gascoigne'.
[Ref: 55390] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 250mm (10½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Portraits of Richard Gascoigne and George Collingwood, both Jacobites executed for treason in 1716. 'The Last Words' reproduces the text of a letter he wrote as a condemned man, protesting his innocence, and published as a pamphlet, 'A True Copy of the Paper Delivered to the Sheriffs of London, by Richard Gascoigne'.
[Ref: 55390] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Jane Gibbs, the most notorious pest of Society & Street Walker as she appeared at Bow Street on Tuesd.y Oct.r 8.th.
[n.d., c.1799.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and into title.
A full-length portrait of Jane Gibbs, who achieved notoriety during two trials held in the autumn of 1799. Gibbs was a street walker who often used extortion to make her money, she would approach men and solicit her services or ask for money, if they did not oblige she would threaten to say that they had tried to rob her and this would usually loosen their purse strings. However, a man named Jeremiah Beck refused to go along with her scheme so she took him to court. Unfortunately for Gibbs, several passers by and a juror recognised her and the case was thrown out. Not long after Gibbs attempted the same robbery on another man but the watchman recognised her from print shop windows and arrested her; she was eventually sent to Bedlam.
[Ref: 41542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1799.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and into title.
A full-length portrait of Jane Gibbs, who achieved notoriety during two trials held in the autumn of 1799. Gibbs was a street walker who often used extortion to make her money, she would approach men and solicit her services or ask for money, if they did not oblige she would threaten to say that they had tried to rob her and this would usually loosen their purse strings. However, a man named Jeremiah Beck refused to go along with her scheme so she took him to court. Unfortunately for Gibbs, several passers by and a juror recognised her and the case was thrown out. Not long after Gibbs attempted the same robbery on another man but the watchman recognised her from print shop windows and arrested her; she was eventually sent to Bedlam.
[Ref: 41542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![The true Effigies of Sr. Edmond Bury Godf[reye]](jpegs/62115.jpg)
The true Effigies of Sr. Edmond Bury Godf[reye] Knight and Iustice of the Peace who was Murthered by Papists the 12th day of October An. Dom. 1678.
F.H. Van Ho[ve] Sculp:
[n.d., c.1680.]
Etching, 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Trimmed to image, some loss in title and border, laid on album paper.
Rare portrait of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621-78), magistrate. In 1678 Titus Oates delivered into his hands the tale of a 'Popish Plot', and soon after Godfrey was found murdered in a ditch near Hampstead; the murder was blamed on Roman Catholic priests, and anti-Papist feeling in the country reached fever-pitch. Three men were hanged for Godfrey's murder on perjured evidence.
[Ref: 62115] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
F.H. Van Ho[ve] Sculp:
[n.d., c.1680.]
Etching, 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½"). Trimmed to image, some loss in title and border, laid on album paper.
Rare portrait of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621-78), magistrate. In 1678 Titus Oates delivered into his hands the tale of a 'Popish Plot', and soon after Godfrey was found murdered in a ditch near Hampstead; the murder was blamed on Roman Catholic priests, and anti-Papist feeling in the country reached fever-pitch. Three men were hanged for Godfrey's murder on perjured evidence.
[Ref: 62115] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Roehampton Monster] Daniel Good.](jpegs/62112.jpg)
[The Roehampton Monster] Daniel Good. No. 23.
[n.d., c.1842.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9"). Nicks in left edge, creases at edges, slightly paper toned.
A half-length portrait of Daniel Good, a 42-year old coachman. On April 6th, 1842, a police constable visited a stable to question Good about the theft of a pair of trousers from a pawnbroker. Good admitted the crime and was arrested but was not helpful about returning the trousers. The constable started to search the stable, upon which Good fled, locking the constable inside. Under some bales was a woman's torso, headless and limbless, later identified as Good's common law wife, Jane Jones. The body parts were removed by the coroner but were returned so people could view the spectacle. For ten days the Times newspaper berated the police for their failure to capture Good, despite a reward of £150 being offered, but then Good was discovered in Tonbridge, Kent, arrested and taken to Maidstone Gaol. He was executed the following month outside Newgate,
[Ref: 62112] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1842.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9"). Nicks in left edge, creases at edges, slightly paper toned.
A half-length portrait of Daniel Good, a 42-year old coachman. On April 6th, 1842, a police constable visited a stable to question Good about the theft of a pair of trousers from a pawnbroker. Good admitted the crime and was arrested but was not helpful about returning the trousers. The constable started to search the stable, upon which Good fled, locking the constable inside. Under some bales was a woman's torso, headless and limbless, later identified as Good's common law wife, Jane Jones. The body parts were removed by the coroner but were returned so people could view the spectacle. For ten days the Times newspaper berated the police for their failure to capture Good, despite a reward of £150 being offered, but then Good was discovered in Tonbridge, Kent, arrested and taken to Maidstone Gaol. He was executed the following month outside Newgate,
[Ref: 62112] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
James Greenacre. Sarah Gale
[Anon., c.1837]
Etching with very fine hand-colouring, sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Very rare; 'Webster Collection' stamp verso.
James Greenacre (1785-1837), murderer, and his mistress Sarah Gale. Greenacre owned a large grocery shop on Old Kent Road, where he displayed political pamphlets. He was known for his radical opinions and as an associate of Arthur Thistlewood narrowly escaped arrest for involvement in the Cato Street conspiracy. After a spell in America Greenacre returned to London in 1835 and rumours began to circulate: he was accused of murdering a child, and of drugging a woman to procure an abortion, but both cases foundered for lack of evidence. In 1836 Greenacre advertised for a partner to help him exploit and develop the washing machine he had invented while in America, and a washerwoman named Hannah Brown agreed to go into business with him. On 24 December 1836 (the day before she was due to become his fifth wife) he murdered her, cut up the body and disposed of the pieces in various parts of London. On 24 March 1837 Greenacre and Gale were arrested in Kennington as they were preparing to set sail for America. Greenacre insisted Gale had not known about the murder, and she was transported to Australia, where she died in 1888. Greenacre, however, was hanged on 2 May 1837 in front of some 20,000 spectators at Newgate. He enjoyed posthumous celebrity: his head was examined by phrenologists, a waxwork effigy of him was displayed at Madame Tussauds, and plays about his life were performed at theatres.
Kivell & Spence: Pg 121.
[Ref: 37080] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1837]
Etching with very fine hand-colouring, sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Very rare; 'Webster Collection' stamp verso.
James Greenacre (1785-1837), murderer, and his mistress Sarah Gale. Greenacre owned a large grocery shop on Old Kent Road, where he displayed political pamphlets. He was known for his radical opinions and as an associate of Arthur Thistlewood narrowly escaped arrest for involvement in the Cato Street conspiracy. After a spell in America Greenacre returned to London in 1835 and rumours began to circulate: he was accused of murdering a child, and of drugging a woman to procure an abortion, but both cases foundered for lack of evidence. In 1836 Greenacre advertised for a partner to help him exploit and develop the washing machine he had invented while in America, and a washerwoman named Hannah Brown agreed to go into business with him. On 24 December 1836 (the day before she was due to become his fifth wife) he murdered her, cut up the body and disposed of the pieces in various parts of London. On 24 March 1837 Greenacre and Gale were arrested in Kennington as they were preparing to set sail for America. Greenacre insisted Gale had not known about the murder, and she was transported to Australia, where she died in 1888. Greenacre, however, was hanged on 2 May 1837 in front of some 20,000 spectators at Newgate. He enjoyed posthumous celebrity: his head was examined by phrenologists, a waxwork effigy of him was displayed at Madame Tussauds, and plays about his life were performed at theatres.
Kivell & Spence: Pg 121.
[Ref: 37080] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Rev.d James Hackman.
Dighton ad vivum del. I. Taylor Aqua-forte fecit.
Publish'd by G. Kearsley in Fleet Street, April 24th 1779.
Etching. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, backed with album paper.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Isaac Taylor after Robert Dighton. Frontis to the 4th edition "Memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman".
[Ref: 62534] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Dighton ad vivum del. I. Taylor Aqua-forte fecit.
Publish'd by G. Kearsley in Fleet Street, April 24th 1779.
Etching. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, backed with album paper.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Isaac Taylor after Robert Dighton. Frontis to the 4th edition "Memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman".
[Ref: 62534] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]](jpegs/62533.jpg)
[The Rev.d James Hackman, From the Original Drawing by M,,r Dighton.]
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Dighton del. Laurie Sc.]
Publish'd as the Act Directs May 17th 1779.
Mezzotint, proof state with scratched publication line only. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Small crease top left margin.
A profile portrait of James Hackman (1752-1779), hanged for the shooting murder of Martha Ray (1746-1779), singer and long-time mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. He gained much sympathy for his 'crime of passion'. Engraved by Robert Laurie after Robert Dighton.
CS 26.
[Ref: 62533] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
John Hatfield.
Pub. Jan. 1810, by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
John Hatfield (1758 - 1803) was a notorious English forger, bigamist and imposter.
[Ref: 38034] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Pub. Jan. 1810, by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
John Hatfield (1758 - 1803) was a notorious English forger, bigamist and imposter.
[Ref: 38034] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Bloody and Inhuman Smugglers throwing down Stones &c on the expiring Body of Daniel Chater, whom they had flung into Lady-Holt-Well.
[n.d., c.1749.]
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼'').
A scene showing the infamous Hawkhurst Gang throwing large rocks into a well to try and hold down the corpse of Daniel Chater who they had murdered because he had witnessed a murder. The Hawkhurst Gang were a notorious criminal smuggling gang that terrorised the Southeast of England for over ten years. They successfully raided the customs house in Poole and were ultimately defeated by the Goudhurst militia and the leaders were executed in 1748 and 1749.
[Ref: 49306] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1749.]
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼'').
A scene showing the infamous Hawkhurst Gang throwing large rocks into a well to try and hold down the corpse of Daniel Chater who they had murdered because he had witnessed a murder. The Hawkhurst Gang were a notorious criminal smuggling gang that terrorised the Southeast of England for over ten years. They successfully raided the customs house in Poole and were ultimately defeated by the Goudhurst militia and the leaders were executed in 1748 and 1749.
[Ref: 49306] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
The Dead Body of W.m Galley, who was cruelly murder'd by the Smugglers of Kent, Sussex, &c.
Dodd delin. Rennoldson sculp.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Engraving. Plate: 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾''). Damage on right edge.
A scene showing a group of men standing around the body of a man. William Galley was a customs officer called as a witness of the events of the Hawkhurst Gang raiding the Customs House in Poole. The Hawkhurst Gang were a notorious criminal smuggling gang that terrorised the Southeast of England for over ten years. The gang had organised a large shipment of about thirty hundredweight of tea, 39 casks of brandy and rum and a small bag of coffee to be unloaded at Christchurch Bay, however the ship was captured and the cargo taken to Poole Custom House. The Hawkhurst Gang successfully raided the Custom House and took all the tea, leaving the rum and the coffee, perhaps due to difficulties with transportation. William Galley got lost on his travels to identify a captured member of the Hawkhurst Gang and so stayed at the White Hart Inn at Rowlands Castle which happened to be a smugglers inn and he was attacked by members of the gang who happened to be at the inn at the time. The gang were ultimately defeated by the Goudhurst militia and the leaders were executed in 1748 and 1749.
[Ref: 49308] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Dodd delin. Rennoldson sculp.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Engraving. Plate: 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾''). Damage on right edge.
A scene showing a group of men standing around the body of a man. William Galley was a customs officer called as a witness of the events of the Hawkhurst Gang raiding the Customs House in Poole. The Hawkhurst Gang were a notorious criminal smuggling gang that terrorised the Southeast of England for over ten years. The gang had organised a large shipment of about thirty hundredweight of tea, 39 casks of brandy and rum and a small bag of coffee to be unloaded at Christchurch Bay, however the ship was captured and the cargo taken to Poole Custom House. The Hawkhurst Gang successfully raided the Custom House and took all the tea, leaving the rum and the coffee, perhaps due to difficulties with transportation. William Galley got lost on his travels to identify a captured member of the Hawkhurst Gang and so stayed at the White Hart Inn at Rowlands Castle which happened to be a smugglers inn and he was attacked by members of the gang who happened to be at the inn at the time. The gang were ultimately defeated by the Goudhurst militia and the leaders were executed in 1748 and 1749.
[Ref: 49308] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Catherine Hayes.
Published Jan. 1. 1810, by Nuttall, Fisher and Dixon, Liverpool.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Some staining.
Catherine Hayes (1690 - 1726) murdered her husband with the help of two other men, Thomas Wood and Thomas Billings in 1726. Hayes and her accomplices got the husband drunk, killed him and disposed of his body. Hayes was one of the last women ever to be burned at Tyburn.
[Ref: 38033] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Published Jan. 1. 1810, by Nuttall, Fisher and Dixon, Liverpool.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Some staining.
Catherine Hayes (1690 - 1726) murdered her husband with the help of two other men, Thomas Wood and Thomas Billings in 1726. Hayes and her accomplices got the husband drunk, killed him and disposed of his body. Hayes was one of the last women ever to be burned at Tyburn.
[Ref: 38033] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Catherine Hayes.
Etched by J. Chapman.
Published by J. Cundee. Ivy Lane. Jan.y 1804.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
Catherine Hayes (1690 - 1726) murdered her husband with the help of two other men, Thomas Wood and Thomas Billings in 1726. Hayes and her accomplices got the husband drunk, killed him and disposed of his body. Hayes was one of the last women ever to be burned at Tyburn. A plate from 'The Criminal Recorder; or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters', printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, London.
[Ref: 38032] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Etched by J. Chapman.
Published by J. Cundee. Ivy Lane. Jan.y 1804.
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate.
Catherine Hayes (1690 - 1726) murdered her husband with the help of two other men, Thomas Wood and Thomas Billings in 1726. Hayes and her accomplices got the husband drunk, killed him and disposed of his body. Hayes was one of the last women ever to be burned at Tyburn. A plate from 'The Criminal Recorder; or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters', printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, London.
[Ref: 38032] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Higgins. Servant to J. Blears, of the Jolly Carter, in Windon cum Barton near Eccles, Lancashire who escaped being Assassinated on Monday 22 May, 1826, by jumping out of Bed, running and hiding himself, in the hedge of the Garden. No 1.
From a sketch by T. Arrowsmith.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Some surface soiling. Dusty.
Two brothers, Alexander and Michael McKean, attempted to rob the Jolly Carter pub, where the Friendly and Orange Societies held meetings and kept a strongbox with their funds. Renting beds, the brothers attacked during the night, and Alexander cut the throat of Elizabeth Bate, a 41-year-old servant, in front of William Bate, aged 13, who managed to escape. The noise woke landlord Joseph Blears and his wife Martha; Michael stabbed Martha in the face, breaking the blade of his knife, before running off. A reward of fifty guineas was offered for the capture of the McKeans and the pair were arrested in Kirkby Lonsdale, brought back to Lancaster Castle, where they were tried, found guilty of murder and hanged. William Higgins was the main witness.
[Ref: 41301] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
From a sketch by T. Arrowsmith.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 200mm (9¾ x 8"). Some surface soiling. Dusty.
Two brothers, Alexander and Michael McKean, attempted to rob the Jolly Carter pub, where the Friendly and Orange Societies held meetings and kept a strongbox with their funds. Renting beds, the brothers attacked during the night, and Alexander cut the throat of Elizabeth Bate, a 41-year-old servant, in front of William Bate, aged 13, who managed to escape. The noise woke landlord Joseph Blears and his wife Martha; Michael stabbed Martha in the face, breaking the blade of his knife, before running off. A reward of fifty guineas was offered for the capture of the McKeans and the pair were arrested in Kirkby Lonsdale, brought back to Lancaster Castle, where they were tried, found guilty of murder and hanged. William Higgins was the main witness.
[Ref: 41301] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Capt. Hind Robbing Col: Harrison in Maidenhead Thicket.
W. Jett delin J. Basire sculp.
[c.1736.]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
James Hind (1616-52), robbing a stagecoach in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He was known as the 'Royaltist Highwayman' after he attempted to rob Oliver Cromwell and succeeded in robbing John Bradshaw, President of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I. Because of these crimes he was eventually tried for treason rather than robbery and was hanged, drawn and quartered in 1652 at Worcester. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 41240] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
W. Jett delin J. Basire sculp.
[c.1736.]
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
James Hind (1616-52), robbing a stagecoach in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He was known as the 'Royaltist Highwayman' after he attempted to rob Oliver Cromwell and succeeded in robbing John Bradshaw, President of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I. Because of these crimes he was eventually tried for treason rather than robbery and was hanged, drawn and quartered in 1652 at Worcester. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
[Ref: 41240] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Matthew Hopkins the famous Witch-Finder of Maningtree in Essex, who in only one year, during the reign of James I, hanged 60 reputed Witches & was himself at last executed for a Wizard.
Published by Alex.r Hogg [c.1793].
Engraving with letterpress sheet, each 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Cut to platemark
Matthew Hopkins (d.1647), witch-finder and the most notorious individual in English witchcraft history. Resident in Manningtree by the winter of 1644-5, Hopkins was troubled, by his own account, by the activities of supposed witches in the town. From the handful of initial arrests (with Hopkins giving evidence against several), the witchcraft allegations spread to neighbouring towns and counties, with at least a hundred executed during the 'Hopkins witch panic' of 1645-7. The pleasing claim on the print that Hopkins was himself 'executed for a Wizard' is incorrect- he died of tuberculosis. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812).
[Ref: 39632] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Published by Alex.r Hogg [c.1793].
Engraving with letterpress sheet, each 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Cut to platemark
Matthew Hopkins (d.1647), witch-finder and the most notorious individual in English witchcraft history. Resident in Manningtree by the winter of 1644-5, Hopkins was troubled, by his own account, by the activities of supposed witches in the town. From the handful of initial arrests (with Hopkins giving evidence against several), the witchcraft allegations spread to neighbouring towns and counties, with at least a hundred executed during the 'Hopkins witch panic' of 1645-7. The pleasing claim on the print that Hopkins was himself 'executed for a Wizard' is incorrect- he died of tuberculosis. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812).
[Ref: 39632] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Joseph Hunton, at the Bar of the Old Bailey: Tried for Forgery on October 28th 1828.
Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by McLean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d., c.1828.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Tear taped on left.
Joseph Hunton, a Quaker, a partner in the firm of Dickson & Co., forged bills of exchange by signing them with the name of a dead colleague. He fled to Plymouth, where he was on a ship bound for New York when he was apprehended. Found guily, he was executed by famed hangman John Foxton at Newgate in December.
[Ref: 53144] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by McLean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d., c.1828.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 260 x 195mm (10¼ x 7¾"). Tear taped on left.
Joseph Hunton, a Quaker, a partner in the firm of Dickson & Co., forged bills of exchange by signing them with the name of a dead colleague. He fled to Plymouth, where he was on a ship bound for New York when he was apprehended. Found guily, he was executed by famed hangman John Foxton at Newgate in December.
[Ref: 53144] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Societatis Iesu Sacerdos R.P. Gulielmus Irlandus. fidei odio suspensus et dissectus Ad Tybourn prope Londinium 24. Januar. 1678. 3. febr: 1679.
Cor. van Merlen.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, 145 x 98mm.
Rare portrait of William Ireland (1636 - 1679), a Jesuit and martyr from Lincolnshire. He was executed during the reign of King Charles II for participating in the 'Popish Plot' against the king. By Cornelis van Merlen (1654 - 1723), Flemish engraver and publisher in Antwerp, in 1666 he was a student at Antwerp's Guild.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 7588] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cor. van Merlen.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, 145 x 98mm.
Rare portrait of William Ireland (1636 - 1679), a Jesuit and martyr from Lincolnshire. He was executed during the reign of King Charles II for participating in the 'Popish Plot' against the king. By Cornelis van Merlen (1654 - 1723), Flemish engraver and publisher in Antwerp, in 1666 he was a student at Antwerp's Guild.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 7588] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Societatis Iesu Sacerdos R.P. Gulielmus Irlandus. fidei odio suspensus et dissectus Ad Tybourn prope Londinium 24. Januar. 1678. 3. febr: 1679.
[n.d., c.1805.]
Engraving. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Glue stains, old ink mss in lower margin.
Portrait of Jesuit priest William Ireland (1636-79), depicted with a noose around his neck and a knife embedded in his chest. He was executed during the reign of Charles II for participating in the 'Popish Plot' against the king. The remains of the original publication line, 'Publish'd Au. 10. 1805 by W. Richardson York House Strand', can be seen under the image.
[Ref: 58075] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1805.]
Engraving. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Glue stains, old ink mss in lower margin.
Portrait of Jesuit priest William Ireland (1636-79), depicted with a noose around his neck and a knife embedded in his chest. He was executed during the reign of Charles II for participating in the 'Popish Plot' against the king. The remains of the original publication line, 'Publish'd Au. 10. 1805 by W. Richardson York House Strand', can be seen under the image.
[Ref: 58075] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Italian Boy. Supposed to have been assassinated_whose body was sold for dissection at the Kings College. See Times Nov. 8th 1831
Painted, & Litho: by W. Franquinet. W. Day Lith.r to the King, 17, Gate St.
Pub.d by H. Lacy, 1 Wells Street._ Oxford Street
Lithograph, sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 7").
The 'Italian boy', Carlo Ferrari posing with his monkey. In December of 1831, Williams, Bishop and May were found guilty of the murder of this Italian boy in order to sell his body to anatomy professors at King's College, when the criminal trade of procuring bodies for this purpose was at its height. The case of Carlo Ferrari aroused great public interest, resulting in many prints being published depicting the victim and murderers.
see Sarah Wise, 'The Italian Boy'; for other portraits of the sitter see refs. 26199 and 18416
[Ref: 26928] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Painted, & Litho: by W. Franquinet. W. Day Lith.r to the King, 17, Gate St.
Pub.d by H. Lacy, 1 Wells Street._ Oxford Street
Lithograph, sheet 215 x 180mm (8½ x 7").
The 'Italian boy', Carlo Ferrari posing with his monkey. In December of 1831, Williams, Bishop and May were found guilty of the murder of this Italian boy in order to sell his body to anatomy professors at King's College, when the criminal trade of procuring bodies for this purpose was at its height. The case of Carlo Ferrari aroused great public interest, resulting in many prints being published depicting the victim and murderers.
see Sarah Wise, 'The Italian Boy'; for other portraits of the sitter see refs. 26199 and 18416
[Ref: 26928] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Execution of the rebels on Kennington Common in the year 1746.
[n.d., c.1795.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Small margins on 3 sides. Stitch marks affecting plate mark on right, foxing.
The execution of the officers of the Jacobite 'Manchester Regiment', English catholics who supported the 1745 rebellion, on 30th July. Their leader, Francis Towneley, was hung, drawn and quartered (although by that time the hanging would be terminal) and his head placed on a pike on Temple Bar.
[Ref: 53143] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1795.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 130mm (8 x 5"). Small margins on 3 sides. Stitch marks affecting plate mark on right, foxing.
The execution of the officers of the Jacobite 'Manchester Regiment', English catholics who supported the 1745 rebellion, on 30th July. Their leader, Francis Towneley, was hung, drawn and quartered (although by that time the hanging would be terminal) and his head placed on a pike on Temple Bar.
[Ref: 53143] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Elizabeth Jeffryes, Executed on Epping Forest, on Saturday ye 28. of March 1752, for being concern'd with John Swann, in ye Murder of her Uncle, M.r Jos.h Jeffryes. [&] John Swan.
[n.d., c.1752.]
Two engravings. Sheets 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾") & 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper, back-to-back.
Having failed to get another man to do the deed, Elizabeth Jeffries and John Swan were executed for killing her uncle before he could cut her out of his will.
[Ref: 62090] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1752.]
Two engravings. Sheets 160 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾") & 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper, back-to-back.
Having failed to get another man to do the deed, Elizabeth Jeffries and John Swan were executed for killing her uncle before he could cut her out of his will.
[Ref: 62090] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
W.m Johnson shooting Mr Spurling, head Turnkey of Newgate, while Jane Housden (then going to Trial) stands by encouraging him.
Dodd delin. Scott sculp.
[n.d., c.1770]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
On trial for 'coining' (counterfeiting) in 1714, Jane Housden was being brought down to the dock when William Johnson, a butcher with a conviction for highway robbery (although pardoned), tried to talk to her. When the gaoler Spurling told him he would have to wait until the trial was over Johnson pulled a pistol and shot him dead. Housden's trial was halted and both tried for murder and convicted. Despite having the entire court as witnesses for the prosecution, both continued to deny the offence until their executions on the 14th September. Johnson was then hanged in chains near Holloway, between Islington and Highgate. Engraving published in the 'The Tyburn chronicle: or, Villainy display'd in all its branches'.
[Ref: 50078] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Dodd delin. Scott sculp.
[n.d., c.1770]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 125mm (8¼ x 5"). Trimmed to plate on three sides.
On trial for 'coining' (counterfeiting) in 1714, Jane Housden was being brought down to the dock when William Johnson, a butcher with a conviction for highway robbery (although pardoned), tried to talk to her. When the gaoler Spurling told him he would have to wait until the trial was over Johnson pulled a pistol and shot him dead. Housden's trial was halted and both tried for murder and convicted. Despite having the entire court as witnesses for the prosecution, both continued to deny the offence until their executions on the 14th September. Johnson was then hanged in chains near Holloway, between Islington and Highgate. Engraving published in the 'The Tyburn chronicle: or, Villainy display'd in all its branches'.
[Ref: 50078] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
M.me Lafarge, Dessinée d'après nature à la première seance.
Lith. Couton et C.ie r. richer 7.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at corners.
A portrait of a woman in a hat and veil. Marie Lafarge (1816-1852) was convicted of murdering her husband with arsenic. Her trial was one of the first to be closely followed by the press.
[Ref: 51115] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. Couton et C.ie r. richer 7.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 270 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet at corners.
A portrait of a woman in a hat and veil. Marie Lafarge (1816-1852) was convicted of murdering her husband with arsenic. Her trial was one of the first to be closely followed by the press.
[Ref: 51115] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Thomas Liscombe. Committed to Exeter Gaol charged with the Murders of Martha Huxtable and Ann Ford.
[Published March 12 1813 by Tho. Palser, Surry side Westminster Bridge.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's address.
In 1812 Thomas Liscombe, a vagrant hawker of ballads and similar materials in Devon and Cornwall, was arrested for the murder of Sarah Ford, the 60-year wife of a farmer in Kingsbridge, South Devon so be could rob the house. After he was sentenced to death he also confessed to the earlier murder of a small girl named Margaret Huxtable in nearby Dodbrook, whom he attempted to rape then beat to death.
[Ref: 56387] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Published March 12 1813 by Tho. Palser, Surry side Westminster Bridge.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publisher's address.
In 1812 Thomas Liscombe, a vagrant hawker of ballads and similar materials in Devon and Cornwall, was arrested for the murder of Sarah Ford, the 60-year wife of a farmer in Kingsbridge, South Devon so be could rob the house. After he was sentenced to death he also confessed to the earlier murder of a small girl named Margaret Huxtable in nearby Dodbrook, whom he attempted to rape then beat to death.
[Ref: 56387] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Daniel M'Naghten] Trial of M.cNaughton.](jpegs/62531.jpg)
[Daniel M'Naghten] Trial of M.cNaughton.
[n.d., c.1843.]
Engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, edges browned.
The trial of Daniel M'Naghten (1813-65, also McNaughten) for the murder of Prime Minister Robert Peel's private secretary, Edward Drummond, at the Old Bailey in 1843. His defence was that he was suffering from paranoid delusions: the verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity led to the creation of the 'M'Naghten rules', a legal test defining the defence of insanity, in 1843.
[Ref: 62531] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1843.]
Engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate, edges browned.
The trial of Daniel M'Naghten (1813-65, also McNaughten) for the murder of Prime Minister Robert Peel's private secretary, Edward Drummond, at the Old Bailey in 1843. His defence was that he was suffering from paranoid delusions: the verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity led to the creation of the 'M'Naghten rules', a legal test defining the defence of insanity, in 1843.
[Ref: 62531] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Daniel Malden who made two surprizing Excapes out of Newgate.
Drawn by J. Clarke Painter.
Engrav'd for J. Stanton Distiller, and given Gratis to all his Customers to his Distillers Magazine [n.d., c.1736].
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, some wear to edges and inscription area. Damaged but very rare. Loss at top right.
A portrait of Daniel Malden, burglar and street robber, in handcuffs. Sentenced to hang at Newgate, he twice broke out of the condemned cell, the second time succeeding at getting out of the prison in June 1736. Captured in September, he was hung in November and dissected at Surgeons’ Hall. The publisher, J. Stanton, was a distiller before the 1736 'Act for Laying a Duty upon the Retailers of Spirituous Liquors and Licensing the Retailers thereof' drove him out of business. He started publishing his 'Distillers Universal Magazine' the same year. Published every Saturday, 10 numbers are known to have been issued, but interest was not great, prompting him to issue premium prints such as this as lures.
[Ref: 55208] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J. Clarke Painter.
Engrav'd for J. Stanton Distiller, and given Gratis to all his Customers to his Distillers Magazine [n.d., c.1736].
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, some wear to edges and inscription area. Damaged but very rare. Loss at top right.
A portrait of Daniel Malden, burglar and street robber, in handcuffs. Sentenced to hang at Newgate, he twice broke out of the condemned cell, the second time succeeding at getting out of the prison in June 1736. Captured in September, he was hung in November and dissected at Surgeons’ Hall. The publisher, J. Stanton, was a distiller before the 1736 'Act for Laying a Duty upon the Retailers of Spirituous Liquors and Licensing the Retailers thereof' drove him out of business. He started publishing his 'Distillers Universal Magazine' the same year. Published every Saturday, 10 numbers are known to have been issued, but interest was not great, prompting him to issue premium prints such as this as lures.
[Ref: 55208] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)