Elizabeth Brownrigg. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1825.

Date:
Jan. 22 1825
Reference:
2009528i
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Description

Midwife in the City of London. Found guilty of the murder and torture of children, hanged at Tyburn on 14 September1767, after which her body was displayed in Surgeons' hall at the Old Bailey (Oxford dictionary of national biography)

Publication/Creation

London : J. Robins & Co., Albion Press, Jan. 22 1825.

Physical description

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 20.5 x 13 cm

Lettering

Elizabeth Brownrigg. Executed for cruelty and murder. Engraved by R. Cooper.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2009528i

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