![An Exact Representation of the Execution of W.m Cundell & J. Smith for High Treason at the County Goal [sic]](jpegs/53150.jpg)
An Exact Representation of the Execution of W.m Cundell & J. Smith for High Treason at the County Goal [sic]Horse-monger-lane Surry. Monday March 16th 1812.
[n.d., c.1812.]
Rare etching. Sheet 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
William Cundell and John Smith were among a group of British sailors captured by the French on Mauritius. During their captivity about fifty collaborated with their captors, acting as prison guards. When the British recaptured the island most of the collaborators left with the French; of the remainder most were transported but only Cundell and Smith were sentenced to be hanged, having been chosen by lot. They were hung on the roof of Horsemonger Lane Gaol (today a public park, Newington Gardens), the last public execution for high treason in Britain.
[Ref: 53150] £240.00
Rare etching. Sheet 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
William Cundell and John Smith were among a group of British sailors captured by the French on Mauritius. During their captivity about fifty collaborated with their captors, acting as prison guards. When the British recaptured the island most of the collaborators left with the French; of the remainder most were transported but only Cundell and Smith were sentenced to be hanged, having been chosen by lot. They were hung on the roof of Horsemonger Lane Gaol (today a public park, Newington Gardens), the last public execution for high treason in Britain.
[Ref: 53150] £240.00