[c.1770]
Rare engraving. Sheet 170 x 90mm (6¾ x 3½"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Mrs Rudd (c.1745-c.1798) in jail, was charged with forging a bond, alongside Daniel Perreau, her lover, and his twin brother Robert. At the trial she pretended that she was their helpless victim, so she was set free and the brothers executed. She later had an affair with James Boswell.
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