Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1799-02-20
Last dying speech and confession
No.3 of Thomas Rowlandson's eight 'Cries of London' shows a grotesque street seller is shown advertising a batch of broadsheets. She holds the papers in one hand while the other is free to collect her payment. In the background, a crowd has gathered to watch a public execution outside Newgate Prison.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 58.82/2
- Object name:
- Last dying speech and confession
- Artist/Maker:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, Merke, Henri, Ackermann, Rudolph
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- Production date:
- 1799-02-20
- Material:
paper, ink, watercolour
- Measurements/duration:
- H 445 mm, W 348 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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