Nan. Holland & Tristram Savage Robbing Dr: Trotter in Moorfields.[Ann Holland, alias Andrews.. she died without the least seeming Remorse for her Wickedness.]
J: Nicholls delin. Parr Sculp.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. Plate 310 x 210mm. 12¼ x 8¼". Some tearing in the margins.
A depiction of a daring robbery of one Dr. Trotter by two notorious female criminals, Ann Holland and Tristram Savage. According to the text, Holland was hanged at the Tyburn gallows in 1705 for several robberies of wealthy households. A human skeleton hangs in Dr. Trotter's library along with the preserved body of a crocodile. Satan appears at the scene of the crime lower right.
[Ref: 15640] £110.00
[n.d. c.1780.]
Etching. Plate 310 x 210mm. 12¼ x 8¼". Some tearing in the margins.
A depiction of a daring robbery of one Dr. Trotter by two notorious female criminals, Ann Holland and Tristram Savage. According to the text, Holland was hanged at the Tyburn gallows in 1705 for several robberies of wealthy households. A human skeleton hangs in Dr. Trotter's library along with the preserved body of a crocodile. Satan appears at the scene of the crime lower right.
[Ref: 15640] £110.00