[n.d., c.1842.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9"). Nicks in left edge, creases at edges, slightly paper toned.
A half-length portrait of Daniel Good, a 42-year old coachman. On April 6th, 1842, a police constable visited a stable to question Good about the theft of a pair of trousers from a pawnbroker. Good admitted the crime and was arrested but was not helpful about returning the trousers. The constable started to search the stable, upon which Good fled, locking the constable inside. Under some bales was a woman's torso, headless and limbless, later identified as Good's common law wife, Jane Jones. The body parts were removed by the coroner but were returned so people could view the spectacle. For ten days the Times newspaper berated the police for their failure to capture Good, despite a reward of £150 being offered, but then Good was discovered in Tonbridge, Kent, arrested and taken to Maidstone Gaol. He was executed the following month outside Newgate,
[Ref: 62112]  £260.00