Theodore Gardelle executed in the Hay Market near Panton Street, on Saturday [the] 4th Apl. 1761, for the murder of Mrs. King, at her house in Leicester Square : etch'd from a drawing made from the life the morning of Gardelle's execution by Mr. Richards & afterwards touch'd on by Mr. Hogarth, saying it was then as like as it could be / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Theodore Gardelle executed in the Hay Market near Panton Street, on Saturday [the] 4th Apl. 1761, for the murder of Mrs. King, at her house in Leicester Square : etch'd from a drawing made from the life the morning of Gardelle's execution by Mr. Richards & afterwards touch'd on by Mr. Hogarth, saying it was then as like as it could be / [graphic]

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Title: Theodore Gardelle executed in the Hay Market near Panton Street, on Saturday [the] 4th Apl. 1761, for the murder of Mrs. King, at her house in Leicester Square : etch'd from a drawing made from the life the morning of Gardelle's execution by Mr. Richards & afterwards touch'd on by Mr. Hogarth, saying it was then as like as it could be / [graphic]
Creator: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1 May 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd May 1st 1788, by Molton & Co. 132 Pall Mall
Abstract: "Copy of portrait of the miniaturist and murderer Theodore Gardelle, after a print by Hogarth; head and shoulders to right, holding up a book in his left hand; wearing a coat and a soft close-fitting hat; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : sheet 15.4 x 10.2 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Kinnaird 86K(d) Box 125

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Aquatints England London 1788
Material: aquatint with etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Gardelle, Théodore, 1722-1761,
Subject (Topic): Murderers
Criminals
Subjects: Gardelle, Théodore, 1722-1761
Murderers > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Criminals
England > London > 1788
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 9814660
Object ID (OID): 16030811