Sarah Malcolm executed in Fleet Street, March the 7th 1733 for robbing [the] chambers of Mrs. Lydia Duncomb in [the] Temple, & murdering her, Eliz. Harrison, & Ann Price / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Sarah Malcolm executed in Fleet Street, March the 7th 1733 for robbing [the] chambers of Mrs. Lydia Duncomb in [the] Temple, & murdering her, Eliz. Harrison, & Ann Price / [graphic]

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Description

Title: Sarah Malcolm executed in Fleet Street, March the 7th 1733 for robbing [the] chambers of Mrs. Lydia Duncomb in [the] Temple, & murdering her, Eliz. Harrison, & Ann Price / [graphic]
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1733]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A reversed copy of a Hogarth print. Portrait of Sarah Malcolm, shown three-quarter length and seated as she leans with her hands on a table to left, looking back over her left shoulder. She wears a white apron and a white shawl over her head. A bloody knife has been added, on the table
Description: Title etched below image.
Date based on publication of Hogarth's version.
Lower right corner, following title: Price 6d.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 129.
On page 53 in volume 1. With a note in Steevens hand below: Of this Plate (which belonged to Mr. Richardson) only 25 impressions were taken off, the Plate itself being destroyed by an accidental fire.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.5 x 15.2 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1733
Etchings England London 1733
Material: mezzotint with line engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Malcolm, Sarah, approximately 1710-1733,
Subject (Topic): Murderers
Criminals
Subjects: Malcolm, Sarah, approximately 1710-1733
Murderers > England
Criminals
England > London > 1733
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ms. notes
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 12237283
Object ID (OID): 16193889