The trial of Colonel Valentine Baker for indecent assault of Miss Kate Dickinson. Wood engraving by W.H., 1875.
- Date:
- 1875
- Reference:
- 2871589i
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Description
Colonel Baker, Deputy Adjutant General, 10th Hussars, was convicted of indecent assault on Miss Dickinson in a railway carriage near Woking, Surrey, in a train going to Waterloo station in London. Left, "Dr Dickinson", her brother, practised at Chesterfield Street, London: he was the pathologist William Howship Dickinson FRCP (1832-1913), in practice at 11 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair (Medical directory, 1875)
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Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; image and border 20 x 18.8 cm
Lettering
Trial of Colonel Baker. Sketch in court. W.H. sc.
Lettering identifies the persons: Dr Dickinson & Miss Dickinson; Mr Justice Brett; Serg.t Ballantine; Wm Hawkins; Serg.t Parry; Col. Baker
References note
Kim Stevenson, '"Women and young girls dare not travel alone": the dangers of sexual encounters on Victorian railways', in Gayle Letherby and Gillian Reynolds (edd.), Gendered journeys, mobile emotions, Abingdon 2009, pp. 196-199 (on the case)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2871589i
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