Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1839-07-01
Jack Sheppard: Jack Sheppard in company with Edgeworth Bess, escaping from Clerkenwell Prison
Jack Sheppard is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth which was published in serial form in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839-1840 with illustrations by George Cruikshank. It is derived from a true-life story of an eighteenth-century criminal who escaped from prison four times before being caught and hanged.
The etching shows Jack Sheppard lowering Elizabeth Lyon from prison using bed sheets to effect their escape from Clerkenwell.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 54.122/1g
- Object name:
- Jack Sheppard: Jack Sheppard in company with Edgeworth Bess, escaping from Clerkenwell Prison
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- Production date:
- 1839-07-01
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 182 mm, W 100 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
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digital image © London Museum
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