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Jack Shepher[d].
Jack Shepher[d]. A, the Hole he made in the Chimney when he got loose.
Drawn from the Life.
[n.d., c.1720.] [Printed for and Sold by T.Bowles Print Seller next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Ch. Yard. & I: Bowles Print Seller over-against Stocks Mart.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 245 x 160mm (9¾ x 6¼"). Very damaged, cut and backed onto album paper with folds and creases.
Portrait depicting Jack Sheppard (1702-24), seated on a chair in prison cell at Newgate, with hands and feet in chains, shackled to the floor. nicknamed "Honest Jack", "Gentleman Jack" or "Jack the Lad" (the origin of the phrase). Sheppard was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724, but escaped four times from prison, making him notorious, though popular with the poorer classes. Ultimately, he was caught, convicted, and hanged at Tyburn, ending his brief criminal career after less than two years.
[Ref: 68903]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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