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[Joseph Wall.] The Execution of Governor Wall. The Cruelty of Governor Wall at Goree.
[n.d., c.1802.]
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
Scene depicting the execution of Joseph Wall (1737 - 1802), British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Gorée, an island near Dakar, Senegal, who was executed in London for the fatal flogging of one of his soldiers. The former colonial administrator, who had previously been arrested for cruelty, was hanged outside Newgate Prison eight days after a one-day trial at the Old Bailey. Thousands of people came to watch the execution because of the notoriety of the case
See also [Ref: 41609].
[Ref: 68753] £140.00
Engraving. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides.
Scene depicting the execution of Joseph Wall (1737 - 1802), British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Gorée, an island near Dakar, Senegal, who was executed in London for the fatal flogging of one of his soldiers. The former colonial administrator, who had previously been arrested for cruelty, was hanged outside Newgate Prison eight days after a one-day trial at the Old Bailey. Thousands of people came to watch the execution because of the notoriety of the case
See also [Ref: 41609].
[Ref: 68753] £140.00