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Thomas Simmons. The horrid and inhuman Murderer of Mr. Hummerston and Mrs. Warner at the house of is Mr Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon ins Hertfordshire on Tuesday Evening. October th.20 1807. From a Correct likeness Drawn from the Life by Mr. Angelo.
Etched and Pub.d by T. Rowlandson Nov.r 9. 1807 N.1 Tames St. Adelphi.
Coloured etching. 250 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Some foxing.
A caricature portrait of Thomas Simmons, who murdered two people in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire. A former servant at the house of the Boreham family, Simmons was sacked for brutish behaviour. He returned one evening to confront another servant who had been his girlfriend. Pushing his way into the house, he stabbed a guest, Sarah Hummerstone, in the jugular, then one of Boreham's daughters in the neck and breast. He was then disarmed, the alarm raised and he was found in a cow-crib. He was beaten, bound and taken to the Black Bull Inn, where he nearly died from the tightness of the ligatures, before being transferred to Hertford jail to await trial. There he was sketched by Henry Angelo (1756-1835), the fencing master friend of Rowlandson. Found guilty, Simmons was hanged on the 7th March 1808, After Henry Angelo.
[Ref: 61879] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etched and Pub.d by T. Rowlandson Nov.r 9. 1807 N.1 Tames St. Adelphi.
Coloured etching. 250 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom. Some foxing.
A caricature portrait of Thomas Simmons, who murdered two people in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire. A former servant at the house of the Boreham family, Simmons was sacked for brutish behaviour. He returned one evening to confront another servant who had been his girlfriend. Pushing his way into the house, he stabbed a guest, Sarah Hummerstone, in the jugular, then one of Boreham's daughters in the neck and breast. He was then disarmed, the alarm raised and he was found in a cow-crib. He was beaten, bound and taken to the Black Bull Inn, where he nearly died from the tightness of the ligatures, before being transferred to Hertford jail to await trial. There he was sketched by Henry Angelo (1756-1835), the fencing master friend of Rowlandson. Found guilty, Simmons was hanged on the 7th March 1808, After Henry Angelo.
[Ref: 61879] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)