[c.1776.]
Rare etching. Sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Daniel Perreau and his twin brother Robert were put on trial for forgery, alongside Daniel's lover Margaret Caroline Rudd. Her defence was 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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