Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

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Title: Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: Gans, S., active 1829-1831, publisher.
Published / Created: [March 1829]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. March 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand, London
Abstract: Wellington and Peel, portrayed as the notorious murderers Burke and Hare, pin down an old woman (Mrs. Docherty of the trial) who struggles as they suffocate her. A Jesuit priest enters the room on the right holding a crucifix
Description: Title from item.
Caption at top: Hark! the Doctor Knoxcks [sic], she is almost done and ready for you. Vide Old Play.
A figure of 'Paul Pry' is an artist's device used by Wiliam Heath.
In lower border: Sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures.
Provenance: Michael Finney; 27 August 2008;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 36.5 cm, on sheet 30 x 43 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Artists' devices
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Burke, William, 1792-1829.
Hare, William, 1792?-1870?
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic): Catholic emancipation
Great Britain
Homicides
Clergy
Subjects: Burke, William, 1792-1829
Hare, William, 1792?-1870?
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Catholic emancipation > Great Britain
Homicides
Clergy
England > 1829
England > London > 1829

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