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The death mask of William Palmer, the poisoner. Lithograph after M. Krantz, c. 1860.
- Krantz, Moritz, 1812-1869.
- Date
- [c. 1860]
- Reference
- 28209i
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Credit: The death mask of William Palmer, the poisoner. Lithograph after M. Krantz, c. 1860. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Description
William Palmer of Rugeley (1824-1856) was a serial poisoner who killed his friends, relatives and wife to escape debt and extort insurance. Phrenology was seen as (among other things) a way of explaining criminal behaviour
Publication/Creation
Leipzig : F.A. Brockhaus' geogr. -artist. Anstalt, [c. 1860]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph
Contributors
Lettering
William Palmer. Moritz Krantz gez.
References note
For the case of Palmer, see: Giles St Aubyn, 'Infamous Victorians: Palmer and Lamson, two notorious poisoners' (London: Constable, 1971), which contains a helpful bibliography of contemporary and modern accounts of the case
Lettering note
Bears number: Taf. XXI
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 28209i
Type/Technique
Languages
- German
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores