Elizabeth Brownrigg. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1825.

Date:
Jan. 22 1825
Reference:
2009528i
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Midwife in the City of London. Found guilty of the murder and torture of children, hanged at Tyburn on 14 September1767, after which her body was displayed in Surgeons' hall at the Old Bailey (Oxford dictionary of national biography)

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London : J. Robins & Co., Albion Press, Jan. 22 1825.

Physical description

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 20.5 x 13 cm

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Elizabeth Brownrigg. Executed for cruelty and murder. Engraved by R. Cooper.

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Wellcome Collection 2009528i

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