Person
Thurtell, John, 1794-1824
Images
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
A complete history and development of all the extraordinary circumstances and events connected with the murder of Mr. Weare : together with the trial at large, including speeches of counsel, examination of evidence, defence, &c. &c. : a faithful picture of all the fashionable "modern hells" and "black-legs" of the metropolis with sketches of the principal individuals who frequent them, whether in the character of "Greeks" or "pigeons" : an exposition of the frauds practised, the immense sums won and lost, and the calamitous events to which this system of nefarious villany has in many instances led : comprising most curious and highly interesting details, furnished from original and authentic sources, with a view to deter the young and unwary novice from this vortex of vice and misery : the whole forming a genuine series of gambling biography.
Date: 1824
- Pictures
- Online
A phrenologist in his consulting room, examining the head of a young man and dictating the results to his assistant while a woman looks on. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank, 1826, after H.T.D.B.
B., H. T. D.Date: Feb.y 24th. 1826Reference: 460156i
- Pictures
- Online
The head of John Thurtell after his hanging. Pen drawing by J. Wentzell, 1824.
Wentzell, J., active 1824.Date: 1824Reference: 12027i- Pictures
George Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph by L. Bump, 1826, after J. Lump.
Lump, J.Date: September 1826Reference: 744161i
- Books
- Online
The fatal effects of gambling exemplified in the murder of Wm. Weare, and the trial and fate of John Thurtell, the murderer, and his accomplices [Joseph Hunt and William Probert]; with biographical sketches of the parties concerned ... To which is added, The gambler's scourge; a complete exposé of the whole system of gambling in the metropolis. With memoirs and anecdotes of notorious blacklegs.
Date: 1824