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Tho:s Savage Returning to Hannah Blay's Lodging.

Tho:s Savage Returning to Hannah Blay's Lodging.

J. Nicholls delin J. Basire sculp [c.1736].
Engraving, platemark 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8"). Trimmed.
The murderer Thomas Savage (1651/2-68) at the lodgings of the prostitute Hannah Blay, who encouraged the teenaged apprentice to steal from his master. After Savage killed his master's servant, both he and Blay were hanged. Illustration to Captain Charles Johnson's 'General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers etc' (1736). The book contains short biographies of both historical and fictitious criminals. It has generally been accepted that Johnson was a pseudonym for another author, although claims that the author was Daniel Defoe have never been proven.
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