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
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