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![The Smugglers torturing Chater the Custom house Officer. [Poole]](jpegs/68783.jpg)
The Smugglers torturing Chater the Custom house Officer. [Poole]
Valois sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A scene depicting the torture.
See Ref 68741
[Ref: 68783] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Valois sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A scene depicting the torture.
See Ref 68741
[Ref: 68783] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Catherine Hayes burnt for the murder of her husband.
Valois sculp.
[n.d, c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 174mm (41/2 x 6 3/4"), large margins on 3 sides.
Scene depicting Catherine Hayes (1690 - 1726) being burnt for the murder of her husband. John Hayes was murdered with an axe by Thomas Wood & Thomas Billings (Billing's being Catherine & John's son). On 1 March 1726, they persuaded Hayes to partake in a drinking contest, then killed him once he was intoxicated. The trio then dismembered Hayes' body To make identification more difficult, they decided to cut off his head, wrap it in a cloth and place it in a bucket, which they later threw into the Thames at Millbank, from where it was soon recovered lying on a sandbank near the Horse-Ferry at Westminster. Wood, being a butcher, dismembered the rest of John's body, the pieces of which they threw into a pond in Marylebone Fields. The recovered head was examined and the scull found to be severely fractured in two places and the face lacerated. Catherine Hayes was tried alongside Wood & Billings and, although she claimed to have only held a candle as Billings and Wood murdered her husband she was found guilty of Petty Treason was sentenced to be drawn to Tyburn on a hurdle and there to be burned alive at the stake. Wood & Billings were sentenced to be hanged at Tyburn and afterwards be hanged in chains. Wood died in prison of fever before the sentence was carried out. At Tyburn Catherine was secured to a stake, set in the ground a few yards from the gallows, by an iron chain around her body. A cord was put round her neck and passed through a hole bored in the stake, for the purpose of strangling her to ease her death. Two cartloads of dry brushwood were piled around her and at the signal the fire was lit. She begged Arnet to strangle her before the fire reached her and he took the end of the cord and began to pull on it, but the flames blew in his direction burning his hands so he had to let go. She reportedly gave three dreadful shrieks before she was engulfed by the fierce fire and fell silent. She was seen trying to push away the burning faggots with her free hands but to no avail.
[Ref: 68730] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Valois sculp.
[n.d, c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 174mm (41/2 x 6 3/4"), large margins on 3 sides.
Scene depicting Catherine Hayes (1690 - 1726) being burnt for the murder of her husband. John Hayes was murdered with an axe by Thomas Wood & Thomas Billings (Billing's being Catherine & John's son). On 1 March 1726, they persuaded Hayes to partake in a drinking contest, then killed him once he was intoxicated. The trio then dismembered Hayes' body To make identification more difficult, they decided to cut off his head, wrap it in a cloth and place it in a bucket, which they later threw into the Thames at Millbank, from where it was soon recovered lying on a sandbank near the Horse-Ferry at Westminster. Wood, being a butcher, dismembered the rest of John's body, the pieces of which they threw into a pond in Marylebone Fields. The recovered head was examined and the scull found to be severely fractured in two places and the face lacerated. Catherine Hayes was tried alongside Wood & Billings and, although she claimed to have only held a candle as Billings and Wood murdered her husband she was found guilty of Petty Treason was sentenced to be drawn to Tyburn on a hurdle and there to be burned alive at the stake. Wood & Billings were sentenced to be hanged at Tyburn and afterwards be hanged in chains. Wood died in prison of fever before the sentence was carried out. At Tyburn Catherine was secured to a stake, set in the ground a few yards from the gallows, by an iron chain around her body. A cord was put round her neck and passed through a hole bored in the stake, for the purpose of strangling her to ease her death. Two cartloads of dry brushwood were piled around her and at the signal the fire was lit. She begged Arnet to strangle her before the fire reached her and he took the end of the cord and began to pull on it, but the flames blew in his direction burning his hands so he had to let go. She reportedly gave three dreadful shrieks before she was engulfed by the fierce fire and fell silent. She was seen trying to push away the burning faggots with her free hands but to no avail.
[Ref: 68730] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Execution of Perrott in Smithfield for defrauding his Creditors under a Commision of Bankrupt.
Valois sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A scene depicting the execution of John Perrott, a Bankrupt, who refused to make Full Disclosures of his Effects, and was executed in Smithfield, 11th of November, 1761.
[Ref: 68755] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Valois sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A scene depicting the execution of John Perrott, a Bankrupt, who refused to make Full Disclosures of his Effects, and was executed in Smithfield, 11th of November, 1761.
[Ref: 68755] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Earl Ferrers. As he lay in his Coffin at Surgeons hall.
Valois sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), with large margins. Very small mark on right of plate, outside of image.
A portrait of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–60), as he lay in his coffin at Surgeon's Hall. The body is displayed vertically and is fully clothed on the wedding suit embroidered with silver he wore to his execution at Tyburn on 5th May 1760. His wife separated from him on grounds of cruelty and Ferrers shot his steward, John Johnson, dead after becoming suspicious of him. On trial for murder, Ferrers tried to avoid the death sentence by claiming that he was insane at the time of the shooting. Dr. John Monro, who worked at Bethlem Hospital for mentally ill patients, gave evidence in his favour. However, Ferrers was found guilty of murder and hanged at Tyburn. His procession to Tyburn from the Tower of London in his own private carriage took nearly 3 hours, the route lined with large crowds of spectators. He was the last peer in England to be hanged for murder. After his execution his body was taken to Surgeon's Hall for public exhibition and dissection.
[Ref: 68904] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Valois sc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), with large margins. Very small mark on right of plate, outside of image.
A portrait of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–60), as he lay in his coffin at Surgeon's Hall. The body is displayed vertically and is fully clothed on the wedding suit embroidered with silver he wore to his execution at Tyburn on 5th May 1760. His wife separated from him on grounds of cruelty and Ferrers shot his steward, John Johnson, dead after becoming suspicious of him. On trial for murder, Ferrers tried to avoid the death sentence by claiming that he was insane at the time of the shooting. Dr. John Monro, who worked at Bethlem Hospital for mentally ill patients, gave evidence in his favour. However, Ferrers was found guilty of murder and hanged at Tyburn. His procession to Tyburn from the Tower of London in his own private carriage took nearly 3 hours, the route lined with large crowds of spectators. He was the last peer in England to be hanged for murder. After his execution his body was taken to Surgeon's Hall for public exhibition and dissection.
[Ref: 68904] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Jonathan Wild pelted by the Mob on his way to Tyburn.
[Valois sc.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A scene depicting Jonathan Wild (or Wilde) (c.1683–1725), who was executed at Tyburn in 1725, being pelted by the mob on his way to the prison. Self-proclaimed "Thief-Taker General" he simultaneously ran a significant criminal empire, and used his crimefighting role to remove rivals and launder the proceeds of his own crimes.
[Ref: 68778] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Valois sc.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
A scene depicting Jonathan Wild (or Wilde) (c.1683–1725), who was executed at Tyburn in 1725, being pelted by the mob on his way to the prison. Self-proclaimed "Thief-Taker General" he simultaneously ran a significant criminal empire, and used his crimefighting role to remove rivals and launder the proceeds of his own crimes.
[Ref: 68778] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)