Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]

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Description

Title: Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835, artist.
Published / Created: [9 November 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: T. Rowlandson
Abstract: "Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing by Angelo."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.3 x 15.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22 x 16 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Caricatures
Etchings England London 1807
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Simmons, Thomas, -1808
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic): Prisons
Murder
Criminals
Prisoners
Shackles
Subjects: Simmons, Thomas, -1808 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Prisons > Great Britain
Murder
Criminals
Prisoners
Prisons
Shackles
England > London > 1807
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 8775580
Object ID (OID): 11791946