Anne Hurle for Forgery & M.Spalding. At the Place of Execution, Feb 8, 1804.
Doyle sculp.
Pub. by Alex.Hogg & Co, Oct 17, 1807.
Engraving. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into right side of plate.
Portrait of Anne Hurle, hanged for forgery in 1804, and Methuselah Spalding who had been convicted of sodomy at the previous Sessions held on the 30th of November 1803. On the morning of execution, Ann and Spalding were brought from their cells and pinioned in the Press Room. They were then taken out into the yard and loaded into a horse drawn cart covered in a black cloth which emerged from the prison at about 8.10 a.m. for the short ride to the gallows.
[Ref: 68785] £130.00
Pub. by Alex.Hogg & Co, Oct 17, 1807.
Engraving. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"), large margins on 3 sides. Trimmed into right side of plate.
Portrait of Anne Hurle, hanged for forgery in 1804, and Methuselah Spalding who had been convicted of sodomy at the previous Sessions held on the 30th of November 1803. On the morning of execution, Ann and Spalding were brought from their cells and pinioned in the Press Room. They were then taken out into the yard and loaded into a horse drawn cart covered in a black cloth which emerged from the prison at about 8.10 a.m. for the short ride to the gallows.
[Ref: 68785] £130.00