Sawney Beane and his wife outside their cave in Scotland. Engraving by I. Basire after J. Nicholls, ca. 1734.

  • Nicholls, J., active approximately 1740.
Date:
[1734?]
Reference:
2008874i
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Description

Alexander (Sawney) Beane or Bean, and his wife (name unknown): murderers and cannibals, possibly legendary, in Scotland. She carries a couple of human legs cut off a corpse in the left foreground

Publication/Creation

[London] : [publisher not identified], [1734?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 28.8 x 18.3 cm

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Sawney Beane at the entrance of his cave. J. Nicholls delin. , I. Basire sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2008873i

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