An episode in 'Jack Sheppard' by W.H. Ainsworth: Owen Wood, on the river Thames in a stormy night, rescues the child Jack Sheppard. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1839.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Date:
- 1839
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- 42894i
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Jack Sheppard, epoch I, chapter VI. Darrell, in the water, surrenders the child (Jack Sheppard) to Owen Wood, a carpenter, who is in a boat rowed by Ben, a waterman. Rowland, the man in a second boat who has wounded Darrell, holds up a torch to see what is happening. Beyond is old London Bridge
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London : Richard Bentley, 1839.
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1 print : etching ; image 10.7 x 9.4 cm
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The murder on the Thames. George Cruikshank
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Philip V. Allingham,'The murder on the Thames. George Cruikshank, February 1839', Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/
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Wellcome Collection 42894i
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